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How to UnSteal the Election & UnRig Democracy:
Former political advisor to Al Gore and Bill Clinton and author of End of America, Dr. Naomi Wolf talks to fellow authors Daniel G. Newman (Unrig: How To Fix Our Broken Democracy) and Greg Palast (How... Read More
Ilene Proctor’s Great Mind Series #94: Corporate Power vs. Progressive Populism feat. Norman Solomon
The 94th Great Minds Salon features Norman Solomon, a famed activist, journalist and author of a dozen books including War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death. Solomon is a... Read More
Ilene Proctor’s Great Mind Series #93: End Medical Debt feat. Jerry Ashton — August 23, 2019
The 93rd Great Minds Salon features Jerry Ashton, co-author of End Medical Debt and the Co-Founder and Director/Education & Outreach of RIP Medical Debt, the national charity that’s forgive... Read More
Ilene Proctor’s Great Mind Series #92: John Carlos Frey — June 28, 2019
The 92nd Great Mind Series Salon will take place in Westwood, Los Angeles on Friday, June 28, 2019 at 7 p.m. and will feature journalist and author John Carlos Frey who’ll be talking about his n... Read More
How Trump has escalated the war against immigrants and the militarization of the border
For many concerned about the state of US immigration, the election of Donald J. Trump spelled catastrophe. He opened his campaign by labeling Mexicans as “rapists” and called for building a border... Read More
Greg Palast Awarded Prize for International Reporting from Club de Periodistas de México
Author, investigative reporter, and Great Mind Series alum Greg Palast has been awarded the prestigious Club de Periodistas de México’s 2019 prize for International Reporting for his exposés o... Read More
On President Dog Whistle and his Manifest Destiny: Complicit to the Core
Trump is a master at speaking in codes. Certainly not Code Pink but codes that Nazis, white supremacists, Ku Klux Klaners anxiously await. Words are his not-so-secret weapons for his fascist followers... Read More
No Amount of Hand-Washing Can Clean Ivanka Trump’s Dirty Hands from Deep Corruption
Listen my children and ye shall hear of a sordid and filthy tale of America’s First Beauty and the Beastly Trumps. Sitting on Daddy’s lap through most of her childhood, Ivanka Trump obviously lapp... Read More
It’s Even Worse Than You Think: David Cay Johnston & Greg Palast
“A narcissistic know-nothing con artist who has spent his entire life swindling others while repeatedly urging followers to commit criminal acts of violence against his critics,” writes Da... Read More