August 2016 – Echo Chamber 2016

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Julia Bacha: How women wage conflict without violence
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NYTimes: Win, Lose, but No Compromise

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Our politics increasingly resembles the sectarian conflict between Shiites and Sunnis.

NYTimes: Making Modern Toughness

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Today’s youth may be emotionally fragile because of overprotective parents. But another reason may be that they haven’t found their purpose.

Why There’s a Media Blackout on the Native American Dakota Oil Pipeline Blockade

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As the Lakota Sioux continue their peaceful blockade of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline, the story’s absence from the national media narrative is palpable. Considering the corporate media’…

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NYTimes: The Alt-Right Is All Wrong

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The alt-right finds a host body in Donald Trump and Hillary finds easy targets in the Donald and the alt-right.

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NYTimes: Living in L.B.J.’s America

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How two of his least celebrated accomplishments shaped the battle between Clinton and Trump.

NYTimes: The Dumbed Down Democracy

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A big chunk of the citizenry will vote despite being unable to accept basic facts needed to process this American life.

Clinton Says Trump Has Embraced the Racist Fringe of GOP Politics | Mother Jones

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NYTimes: The Age of Post-Truth Politics

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It is possible to live in a world of data but no facts.

NYTimes: Inside Facebook’s (Totally Insane, Unintentionally Gigantic, Hyperpartisan) Political-Media Machine

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How a strange new class of media outlet has arisen to take over our news feeds.