Mainstream Media

Choose your Delusion: Population Hysteria Misdirects Right-Wing Media

Earlier this month, Rush Limbaugh came as close as he ever has to the truth—that is, a half-truth. A week before the Republican debates, Limbaugh cautioned conservatives from media diversions. Summarized by one fervent writer at the anti-immigrant Center for … Continued

Georgia Anti-Immigrant Activist Tied to White Nationalism

Donald Arthur “D.A.” King is the founder and leader of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society. Dustin Inman was a 16-year-old boy who was killed when an alleged undocumented immigrant crashed into the back of the Inman family car in 2000).

Immigration

Solutions to Climate Change Lie in Transcending Borders- Not Closing Them

by Martha Pskowski Environmentalists and social justice advocates are linking struggles across borders to fight the transnational forces causing climate change.   The work of global activists is countering arguments put forward by white nationalist groups that claim immigrants are an … Continued

Politics

Roy Beck: Bogus Immigration Expert

Roy Beck of NumbersUSA has been called out as a pseudo-environmentalist, a big fat liar, and president of an organization connected to the white nationalist, anti-immigrant John Tanton Network.  And still, for some reason, folks in mainstream media think this … Continued

Politics

Cross-post: Hunger Strike Outside Senator’s Office Should Stir Action

Although this particular action has ceased, the hunger strike in New York by Dream Act students and supporters deserves more attention than it received last week. Albor Ruiz reports for the New York Daily News: Since the first of June, … Continued

Immigration

Fringe Groups Distort Debate Over Health Care

Recently, anti-immigrant groups with controversial histories have been crying fire over connections between the issues of health care and immigration in America, all in an attempt to utilize mainstream media sources as vehicles for their panic-laden volumes of shock doctrine. … Continued

Gary Shapiro: Reflections on Lou Dobbs’ Turbulent Departure

Shapiro posted this great piece on Huffington Post, making sure the coffin on Lou Dobbs’ mainstream media career is nailed shut for good. Lou Dobbs quickly and unexpectedly announced his resignation from CNN this week, terminating his reported multi-year contract … Continued

Roundup: Lou Dobbs Off the Air

Here at Imagine 2050 we are so excited about this development, we decided to share posts from across the blogosphere. First up is this post from Nezua, Weekly Diaspora: Deporting Dobbs: After 30 years, commentator Lou Dobbs—infamous for his tirades … Continued

Media Justice=Music Movement

It’s been just over a year since I first involved myself in the world of media justice, and now is an appropriate time for reflection. Prior to my venture into this pressing cause I was an aspiring musician attempting to … Continued