We don't care really about children as a society and television reflects that indifference to children as human beings.

Capitalism is out of control, thanks in no small part to Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision which said that a corporation is a person, even though it doesn't eat, drink, make love, sing, raise children or take care of aging parents. You can't have a people's democracy as long as corporations are considered people.

The quality of democracy and the quality of journalism are deeply entwined.

Democracy works when people claim it as their own

I believe democracy requires a 'sacred contract' between journalists and those who put their trust in us to tell them what we can about how the world really works.

The thing about war is that once it's triggered, it is unyielding in its appetite. And the more it consumes and gorges, the more it wants.

It's the people who are doing the nonviolent organizing at the grassroots that make me think there's still hope.