Craig Aaron

Oct 29, 2024 | freepress.net | Craig Aaron

This year’s most notable newspaper endorsements are the ones that never happened. Just days before the presidential election, the billionaire owners of two of the country’s most important newspapers, The Los Angeles Timesand The Washington Post, blocked their own editorial boards from endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump.

Oct 3, 2024 | benton.org | Craig Aaron

You've probably heard of Project 2025—the not-so-secret plan the Heritage Foundation cooked up for the next Republican administration. Project 2025’s contents are so noxious, unpopular and anti-democratic that even Donald Trump has repeatedly tried to distance himself from them—though at least 140 former Trump officials contributed to the plan.

Oct 3, 2024 | commondreams.org | Craig Aaron

By now you’ve probably heard of Project 2025 — the not-so-secret plan the Heritage Foundation cooked up for the next Republican administration, complete with a 900-page authoritarian playbook for overturning civil-rights laws, gutting environmental and labor protections, criminalizing abortion, and purging the federal government of any career workers who aren’t partisan loyalists.< Project 2025’s contents are so noxious, unpopular and anti-democratic that even Donald Trump has repeatedly...

Oct 1, 2024 | freepress.net | Craig Aaron

Artificial intelligence has rapidly entered every part of our lives. There’s a lot of hype about AI. There’s a lot of chatter. There’s a lot of fear, too. But too often, we’re asking the wrong questions. The important question isn’t whether AI is inherently bad or good, but who is going to benefit? Is AI going to make our lives easier or is it going to be used to exacerbate inequality, exploitation and discrimination? Who’s going to be at the table when these decisions are made?

May 9, 2024 | commondreams.org | Craig Aaron

Here we go again. Every couple of years, conservative members of Congress launch highly partisan attempts to root out alleged “bias” at NPR and PBS—which remain incredibly popular and trusted among the American public—and threaten to slash funding that supports local nonprofit radio and TV affiliates nationwide. This year’s so-called outrage? A contentious and inaccurate critique of NPR published by a disgruntled editor.