America’s news deserts are growing
by Big Think
Big Think— Paper is to news what vinyl is to music: an outdated medium decimated by its digital replacement. Except that vinyl records have finally found their niche, and sales are up again. Newspapers haven’t yet worked out how to deal with all the advertising money that has fled online, and are still in freefall. Compared to 20 years ago, there are now 3,000 fewer newspaper titles in the U.S. and 43,000 fewer newspaper journalists. Total newspaper circulation declined from more than 50 million in 2005 to...
RussiaFeed—How America’s Military-Industrial Complex Wins All of Its Wars Against America’s Taxpayers. Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) As has been documented by such authorities on U.S. military spending as Winslow T. Wheeler, Robert Higgs, and others, America spends each year around $1.5 trillion for its military but hides at least around $800 billion of it (so as for the U.S. not to be publicly recognized as spending […]
Athletics Nation—Oakland A’s news: A’s build momentum with third straight win. Happy Wednesday, Athletics Nation! What happens when you add a bit of offense to your excellent defense? You start winning games in bunches. The A’s put up a second straight five spot against the Pirates last night to win their third straight game. The A’s are now 13-11 since getting off to an awful start this season with a 1-6 homestand. The A’s bullpen, buoyed by rising stars Mason Miller and Lucas Erceg, has been turning heads throughout April, and Jason Burke at SI.com rightly points to the...
South China Morning Post—‘Indispensable’ Pakistan’s regional clout grows after US official’s visit. The visit by John Bass to Islamabad comes a week after Iran and Pakistan held talks on construction of their long-delayed gas pipeline; The...