The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — This country and the world seemed to be perched on the edge of a precipice, a double edged sword. While the world has appeared to be lurching toward autocracy in recent years, it appears quite possible that there is actually a way, a chance,…
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More New Evidence Surfaces That Police and Military Officials Side With Trump Against American Democracy
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – If Donald Trump and his so-called “conservative” Republican followers — especially police officers and members of the military — really want to do away with any semblance of American democracy and install a white nationalist dictatorship here in the United States, I really wish…
The Stakes Could Not be Higher for Democracy as Congress Returns to Work
Exposing Corruption in the American Press is Critical for the Future of Democracy
“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” – Thomas Jefferson By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — When Thomas Jefferson said that, newspapers were the only means of communicating with citizens about…
So Life Comes Down to This: A Trump Supreme Court Justice Who Doesn’t Even Believe in Democracy
The Flood of Outside Money Threatens to Taint Democracy in Alabama
President Obama Speaks on Existential Threats to Democracy from Independence Hall
By Glynn Wilson – Former President Barack Obama chose Independence Hall in Philadelphia to frame his video address to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, with the United States Constitution as the backdrop. This speaks volumes, which will largely be ignored by the talking heads on TeeVee, because they simply don’t get it, and brushed…
Coronavirus Stops Politics in its Tracks: Rick Neighbors’ Congressional Campaign Switches Gears to Helping Neighbors and Making Masks
By Glynn Wilson with Trace Thompson – LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ala. — One month ago, the president of the United States declared a national emergency because of the coronavirus pandemic, setting off an economic panic. On Easter Weekend, the number of cases and deaths in the U.S. surpassed Italy, with 528,735 confirmed cases and more than…
Part III: How to Create a Functioning Communications System to Save Democracy and the Planet
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a three part series on how to create a functioning communications system to save democracy and the planet. We face an existential crisis in this world and no one seems to know what to do about it. We are just beginning to explore solutions while others seem willing…
Can Altruism Trump Selfishness to Save Democracy and Planet Earth?
Part II: How Existential Anxiety Leads to Authoritarianism – Case Studies: Donald Trump and George Wallace By Glynn Wilson – Introduction Donald Trump has fired all the scientists in the White House. He’s made working conditions in the federal agencies so intolerable that many smart, educated people have simply quit. That seems to be by…
Holding Our Breath to See if We Have a Democracy After Nov. 6
The State of Government and Democracy in Trump’s America
The State of Objective Journalism and Democracy in Trump’s America
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. â Since the early days of science and later objective journalism, we have known that reaching breakthroughs in knowledge is gained over time in fits and starts. A scientist, or a journalist for that matter, practicing the American invention of objective journalism, becomes immersed in the literature of a…
Bernie Sanders: The Corporate Media Threatens Our Democracy
By Bernie Sanders – MEDIA SHAPES OUR VERY LIVES. It tells us what products we need to buy and, by the quantity and nature of coverage, what is âimportantâ and what is âunimportant.â Media informs us as to the scope of what is ârealisticâ and âpossible.â When we see constant coverage of murders and brutality…
Is What’s Good For Facebook Not So Good For Democracy?
Why the social-media honeymoon may be over for some activists. By Sarah Jaffe – Around the country, thousands have returned to the streets again to protest the deaths of black people at the hands of the police. One of those deaths, the shooting of 32-year-old Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, was broadcast on Facebook…
How Can Democracy Survive When the Legal Profession is So Despised by the Public?
âThe first thing we do, letâs kill all the lawyers.â â William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2 – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. â Itâs Joe Cain Day, the Sunday before Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras Day, when some people on the Gulf Coast feast before some Christians observe a…
Jump On The Bus: How the Independent Web Press Could Save American Democracy
The Disease of American Democracy
By Robert Reich – Americans are sick of politics. Only 13 percent approve of the job Congress is doing, a near record low. The President’s approval ratings are also in the basement. A large portion of the public doesn’t even bother voting. Only 57.5 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots in the 2012 presidential…
Political Polarization of the American Public Pollutes Democracy
How Increasing Ideological Uniformity and Partisan Antipathy Affect Politics, Compromise and Everyday LifeANALYSIS – By Glynn Wilson – Republicans and Democrats are more divided along ideological lines – and partisan antipathy is deeper and more extensive – than at any point in the last two decades, according to a new research study from the Pew…
Sierra Club Reveals Plans for Fixing American Democracy
Bruce Hamilton, deputy director of the Sierra Club, talks about how to fix our democracy – By Glynn Wilson – CAMP BECKWITH, Ala. — The Sierra Club is working on a five point plan for the future and the national staff and political committee will be discussing it this weekend. But Sierra Club Deputy Director…