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Article March 30, 2022

Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Limits of Political Discourse on Social Media

When Russian troops crossed the Ukrainian border on February 24, 2022, I naively thought most online commentators would drop their…

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Article January 31, 2022

Neil Young’s Stand Against Misinformation on Spotify Draws Curious Responses

Recently, legendary musician Neil Young took a stand against misinformation on Spotfiy, an audio streaming…

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Article January 26, 2021

Analyzing Search Results For ‘Medicare For All’ On YouTube

In 2018, YouTube’s product chief Neal Mohan revealed that more than 70% of the total…

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Article January 22, 2022

Are We Powerless Against Social Media Feeds?

By choice or by necessity, many have accepted the ways in which social media companies…

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Podcast February 25, 2021

Remote Witness Radio – U.S. Politics (Episode 6)

Remote Witness Radio · RwR w/ Ryan & Emil – U.S. Politics Rhunkta and Emil…

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Podcast December 30, 2020

Remote Witness Radio – Presence (Episode 5)

Remote Witness Radio · RwR with Joe – Presence Joe joins the show and we…

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Podcast December 30, 2020

Remote Witness Radio – Addiction (Episode 4)

Remote Witness Radio · RwR with Dirk and Emil – Addiction Dirk, Emil, and I…

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Podcast December 30, 2020

Remote Witness Radio – Community (Episode 3)

Remote Witness Radio · RwR with Mark – Community Mark Kidd facilitates Community Cultural Development…

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Article December 17, 2020

Experiencing Social Media Without Ads

Ours is the first age in which many thousands of the best-trained individual minds have…

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Podcast October 27, 2020

Remote Witness Radio – Decay (Episode 2)

Remote Witness Radio · RWR With Emil – Decay Though we initially intended to explore…

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Podcast October 22, 2020

Remote Witness Radio – Friendship (Episode 1)

Remote Witness Radio · RwR With Jan – Friendship Remote Witness Radio’s first episode! Jan…

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Article August 13, 2020

How Social Media Divide and Conquer Their Users

As a progressive who works in digital marketing, I often wonder how those who spend…

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Article July 25, 2020

What is Cancel Culture? No One Seems to Know.

What is cancel culture? A number of politicians, journalists, authors, and pundits have passionate opinions…

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Article July 5, 2020

Can We Escape Our Addiction to Social Media?

I know what you are thinking: “Yet another article on social media where someone is…

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Article July 2, 2020

ProgressiveSpeaker.com — a Free Directory for Progressives

I remember when Facebook descended into my life. All of my friends were ditching MySpace,…

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Article March 6, 2020

Trump, Biden, and Their Cheerleaders

Last year, I wrote about the efforts of the liberal class in the U.S. to…

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Article February 26, 2020

Bloomberg’s Ads and ‘Russiagate’: Two Ways to Influence Public Opinion

Super Tuesday is only a few days away and Michael Bloomberg’s 2020 presidential campaign, bankrolled…

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Article February 14, 2020

Platforms, Podcasts, and Jordan Peterson’s Thinkspot

Hold on to your thumbs, feed scrollers! Since current social media monopolizers are unable to…

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Article November 7, 2019

‘Social Media’ Companies Have Failed Us. What’s Next?

Social media companies are in the news again. One might even say that they’ve become…

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Article October 29, 2019

Are You Waiting for Your Organization to Discover Democracy?

If you’ve ever been employed, chances are you’ve dealt with issues concerning ‘internal communications.’ While…

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Article October 8, 2019

Reflections from the Shut Down DC Climate Strikes in September, 2019 (photo essay)

If you were checking the news last month, you might have read about the “Shut…

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Article September 20, 2019

Why Local Groups are Shutting Down D.C. for the Climate

Today’s news cycle suggests that climate activism is no more than showing up to a…

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Article August 15, 2019

The Case For an Independent, Ad-Free Directory for Lefty Speakers

The case for ad-free anything isn’t hard to make these days. Unless you think annoying…

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Article August 9, 2019

2019 Democratic Debates—Corporate Reps Attack Progressives

So far, the 2019 Democratic debates, sponsored by the Information Guardians at AT&T (CNN) and…

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Article July 20, 2019

How Liberal Media, Fox News, and YouTube Manipulate the Progressive Discourse in the U.S.

Following Donald Trump’s election, Fox News viewers witnessed something extraordinary — Shepard “Shep” Smith, who joined the…

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Article May 31, 2019

Lowkey’s ‘Soundtrack to the Struggle 2’ Highlights Issues Few Artists Dare to Address

From the start, Lowkey’s album Soundtrack to the Struggle 2 (STS2), released on April 5, 2019 dives…

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Article May 15, 2019

Post-Russiagate, Trump Continues to Spend Millions on Facebook Ads

After nearly three years of stories about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections — including widespread…

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Article April 24, 2019

Russiagate And The Dry Rot In American Journalism

The 2016 U.S. presidential elections showed how easily a real estate hustler can hijack the…

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Article April 17, 2019

Julian Assange’s Arrest Exposes Right-Wing — Liberal Alliance in the U.S.

On the morning of April 11, 2019 British police entered the Ecuadorian embassy in London,…

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Article April 8, 2019

Can Progressive Media Counter The Influence Of Corporate Networks?

If you are a lefty living in the United States and want to escape the…

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