Fallen Eric Boerlert was often candid: We created the mess we’re in today because the Press didn’t ask ‘Why?’
The media can be conspiratorial. Coverage of politics in America – and by extension the so-called democratic world – is often biased. Eric Boehlert had the rare gift of serving readers whole news. By the time Al Gore crushed Bradley in the January 2000 Iowa caucuses, the solons of the...
Transition: How journalist Eric Boehlert refused to swim with the stream to give American voter unvarnished truth
From his early coverage of political reporters’ savaging Al Gore to his incisive critique of their Joe Biden coverage right before he died, he got it. And Eric Boehlert will be missed. I am broken-hearted over the news of Eric Boehlert’s death in a bicycle accident this week, at 56....
US intelligence says Biden acted faster, decisively to counter Russian hackers compared to predecessors
Since Russia launched its full-blown invasion of Ukraine in late February, a wave of predictable cyberattacks has accompanied that offensive, striking everything from Ukrainian government agencies to satellite networks, with mixed results. Less expected, however, was the cyber counteroffensive from the US government – not in the form of retaliatory...
Biden credited with speedy and decisive crackdown on Russian hackers after Ukraine invasion
Since Russia launched its full-blown invasion of Ukraine in late February, a wave of predictable cyberattacks has accompanied that offensive, striking everything from Ukrainian government agencies to satellite networks, with mixed results. Less expected, however, was the cyber counteroffensive from the US government – not in the form of retaliatory...
To reclaim ‘soil justice’ Diné Nation in US taxed junk food and used proceeds to fund community wellness
In 2014, Denisa Livingston, a Navajo tribal member, public health expert and organiser with Diné Community Advocacy Alliance (DCAA) and other members of her organisation successfully lobbied the Navajo tribal government to pass the Healthy Diné Nation Act, which imposed a two per cent tax on junk food – the...
