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News of the McClatchy bankruptcy begs the question: Can journalism be saved, and democracy with it?

“… Litany of the threats facing journalism …”

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As historic news reports post daily here’s how to help protect journalists, Free Press, democracy

“This is surely the time for nothing but the truth in journalism, and, of course, throughout society.”

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2020 alarm bells ring for Big Tech: But are the companies “too big to fail”?

Imagine this scene: Leading business school* class, Business Ethics 401 –

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Politics in social media media: How much is Truth endangered?

What are we to make of this NEWSDAY report yesterday? –

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The story of a neighborhood hardware store, engulfed in “creative destruction”, shutting down

Consider the local hardware store.

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Home Town Journalism Is In Peril; Why It Matters to the Nation

“The loss of local news coverage in much of the United States has frayed communities and left many Americans woefully uniformed …” That’s the subhead of a New York Times report yesterday, “How the Collapse of Local News Is Causing a National Crisis” .   Based largely on a just-released study by PEN America – a distinguished advocacy group […]

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Pervasive lying is not only wrong, it will cost U.S. (us) $$$ . How much?

“We are living in an age unlike any other we have experienced in the United States, and we can’t feel secure about the long term outcome”.

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Epic Saudi Investment Conference today: At the crossroads of business ethics + economic realities

“Tell me with whom you associate, and I will tell you who you are.” – Johann Wolfgang Goethe

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“Company towns” 2019: Tech giants fund to fix housing crisis “they helped inflame”

“The technology industry’s biggest companies … are deciding that they need to play a role in fixing a housing crisis they helped inflame …”

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New: “Moral Money” and Dick’s Sporting Goods, N.B.A. basketball in China

All the well-intentioned corporate responsibility bromides aside (think, “doing well by doing good”, etc.) it often just comes down to this:

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US manufacturing down, workplace evolving: less blue collar more “new collar”

“It was the worst of times, it was the best of times.”

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Keep an eye on the Capital-Labor Pendulum. It may be beginning to move

Even as political earthquakes begin to rumble this week, it seems relevant and worth asking: Is the capital-labor power dynamic beginning to reverse and lean a bit toward workers?

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Will the world no longer protect its refugees seeking asylum?

This week the U.S. Supreme Court may have delivered refugee asylum a knockout blow when it affirmed a new Trump Administration initiative severely limiting entry of Central American migrants.

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Organizing “Workers-as-Voters”: New and Old Models for 2020 Issues

Consider:

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CEOs widen corporations’ role in society with a new “Purpose” pledge

“This could be the start of something big.” *

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