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Category: Guest Commentary

Guest Commentary

At Least 32% of U.S. Mass Shooters Were Trained To Shoot by the U.S. Military

By David Swanson Guest Commentator

we’ve created a culture in which people imagine that militarism is praiseworthy, that violence solves problems, and that revenge is one of the highest values.

It’s been two years since I wrote on this topic. At that time, at least 36% of U.S. mass shooters had been trained by the U.S.…

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The Real Reason Disney Is Defying DeSantis

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

A corporation does not have morals—it has a bottom line. Disney’s lawsuit against Florida is more about being able to reap profits while underpaying workers than it is about protecting LGBTQ communities.

Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis is eager to cast himself as the new and improved Donald Trump. He has waged a relentless war against what he…

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Careless and Reckless Endorsing of So-Called Stand-Your-Ground Laws Puts the Lives of Innocent People in Jeopardy

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

there is a segment, regardless of how small that minority is, that are bereft of any reasonable level of emotional discipline and should be forfeited the option of owning them.

Recent shootings have depressingly reminded the nation that accidentally ringing the wrong doorbell, driving to an incorrect residence, mistakenly getting into the incorrect vehicle can result…

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TV Writers Flex Their Union Power

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

A strike authorization by the Writers Guild of America is threatening the television industry’s corporate business model of relying on an underpaid workforce to pay for its mergers.

Television has been experiencing a boom in the United States, the likes of which has never been seen before. Just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, there…

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Clarence Thomas Proves It’s Time for Supreme Court Term Limits

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

If justices can be bought by billionaires, lifetime terms only enable corruption rather than protect the U.S. Supreme Court from undue influence.

A pair of new investigative reports from ProPublica about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas are a testament to not only the importance of good journalism in…

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Shootings Are Us – Fear, Fantasy, Fun–and Guns

By WJ Astore, Bracing Views Guest Commentator

America has so many deadly shootings on a daily basis that they hardly qualify as news anymore. What gives?

Shootings are all over the news today. A young woman killed in rural New York when she drove up the wrong driveway and the owner of…

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To Fight Inequality, Tax the Patriarchy and Invest in Care

By Rebekah Entralgo, Inequality.org Guest Commentator

If billionaires and corporations pay their share of taxes, there would be more than enough revenue to invest in child care, paid leave, and home care.

While millions of households across the United States were scrambling to file — or extend — their taxes by the April 19th deadline, members of our…

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Mass Shootings! Pentagon Leaks!

By WJ Astore, Bracing Views Guest Commentator

We live in a violent society with roughly 400 million guns, and we’ve already seen 146 mass shootings in 2023.

Yet another mass shooting, this one in Louisville, Kentucky, and once again I marvel at the language used to describe such occurrences. The shooting that left…

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The Federal Budget: Moral or Immoral?

By H. Patricia Hynes Guest Commentator

How our government coddles its arms dealers, which account for a record 40% of the world's weapons exports in the years 2018–22!

April, the month tax filings are due, prompts us to ponder what our income taxes pay for. Are they used to provide all citizens sufficient resources…

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TikTok, TikTok…the Countdown Toward a New Cold War Speeds Up

By Wei Yu, Nuvpreet Kalra and Melissa Garriga Guest Commentators

If Congress cares about our digital privacy, it should first begin by investigating the surveillance policies of its own US agencies.

In a recent Congressional hearing the TikTok CEO was grilled for five hours on the grounds of “security concerns.” This was days after the FBI and…

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