Izzy Award 2020
The 12th honored journalist Matt Taibbi, Puerto Rican outlet Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, and publication News Inside.
Commentary: Why Election 2020 Could Be a Turning Point in the History of United States
by Raza Rumi* On November 3, 2020, Americans will elect their next president, but this is not the traditional electoral contest. In many ways, this race will determine the political direction of the country. American voters are confronted with the choice of advancing Trumpian policies or accepting the centrist agenda of Joe Biden, the nominee […]
Approaching the Election
October 30, 2020 The Park Center for Independent Media circulates the Indy Brief, a weekly selection of news stories from journalism outlets operating outside traditional corporate systems and news organizations. The Headlines The Izzy Award Watch Excellent Speeches by Izzy Winners Matt Taibbi, “News Inside,” and CPI (Park Center for Independent Media) Upcoming Events Revisiting […]
Glenn Greenwald On His Resignation From The Intercept — Matt Taibbi
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald quit his job this morning. In a bizarre, ironic, and disturbing commentary on trends in modern media, the celebrated reporter was forced to resign after writing a story criticizing both the Biden campaign and intelligence community — only to have it spiked by the editors of The Intercept, the news outlet he co-founded […]
My Resignation From The Intercept — Glenn Greenwald
Today I sent my intention to resign from The Intercept, the news outlet I co-founded in 2013 with Jeremy Scahill and Laura Poitras, as well as from its parent company First Look Media. The final, precipitating cause is that The Intercept’s editors, in violation of my contractual right of editorial freedom, censored an article I wrote this week, […]
No Matter Who Wins, the US Exits the Paris Climate Accord the Day After the Election
Regardless of the outcome of the presidential election, the United States will officially be out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement on Nov. 4, marking a disappointing milestone in the international effort to stop global warming. Climate experts say that, if the world’s biggest historic greenhouse gas polluter won’t slash emissions, there’s little hope of meeting the […]
Another tech hearing in Congress becomes a circus sideshow
One of the notable things about the last Congressional hearing with executives from Facebook, Google, and Twitter this summer—the final hearing in a fifteen-month-long investigation by the House Committee on Antitrust—was how intelligent most of the questioning was. But a separate hearing on Wednesday with Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, and Sundar Pichai, […]
War Wasn’t a Campaign Issue. What Does That Mean for the Next Presidency?
During the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden sparred over the pressing domestic problems of racism, health care, climate change, the economy and the pandemic, along with the alleged Chinese, Russian and Iranian interference in the elections. But substantive discussions of foreign policy and the threat of nuclear war were off the table. […]
Working-Class America Needs Real Change, Not Slogans
In August, Joe Biden addressed the Democratic National Convention as he accepted his party’s nomination to run for president. During his speech, Biden framed the election on November 3 as a battle for the “soul of America.” The former vice president depicted the urgency of the moment as he saw it: that the American people have a […]
‘Drop It Off or Vote in Person,’ Advocates Plea as Supreme Court Suggests It Could Toss Out Late Pennsylvania Ballots After Election
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday handed down a pair of closely watched decisions allowing Pennsylvania and North Carolina to accept absentee ballots that arrive after Election Day, prompting a sigh of relief among voting rights advocates who were dreading the possibility of mass invalidation of late-arriving ballots. But analysts were quick to warn the high court’s […]