Hasan Minhaj is an American comedian and actor. Much of his comedy involves Indian culture and the modern American political landscape through the use of satire, observational comedy and dark comedy. His Netflix series Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj won an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, and two Webby Awards. In 2019, he was listed in Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Michael Burns
On Western Terrorism: From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare
In On Western Terrorism Noam Chomsky, world renowned dissident intellectual, discusses Western power and propaganda with filmmaker and investigative journalist Andre Vltchek. The discussion weaves together a historical narrative with the two men's personal experiences which led them to a life of activism. The discussion includes personal memories, such as the New York newsstand where Chomsky began his political education, and broadens out to look at the shifting forms of imperial control and the Western propaganda apparatus. Along the way the discussion touches on many countries of which the authors have personal experience, from Nicaragua and Cuba, to China, Chile, Turkey and many more. A blast of fresh air which blows away the cobwebs of propaganda and deception, On Western Terrorism is a powerful critique of the West's role in the world which will inspire all those who read it to think independently and critically.
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At home with Hans Rosling
In 2012, Time magazine listed Professor Hans Rosling as one of the world’s 100 most influential people in the world. He has the ear of presidents and the minds of those who use the interactive statistical database Gapminder (www.gapminder.org), which he set up with his son, Ola in 1998, and those who watch his talks on TED.com (www.TED.com). And he has the hearts of some of the poorest people in the world, whom he has helped by addressing and publicising public health problems in some of the poorest parts of the world.
The Intellectual We Deserve
Jordan Peterson’s popularity is the sign of a deeply impoverished political and intellectual landscape…
The world’s most influential economist is oddly unconvincing
Daron Acemoglu is revered. Why?
Yasser Arafat: Biography
The man who lead the PLO for over 40 years and managed the uneasy balance between militancy and diplomacy in the Middle East.
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour on Twitter / X
The reality is that there are no heroes here. No one cared about the truth or about Jason Arday’s life, including, most sadly, Jason Arday himself.A- Many things could be, and are, true at the same time. Arday clearly was a troubled man. You can see it in his photos and hear it… pic.twitter.com/T8k3lnJZeY— Hussein Aboubakr Mansour (@HusseinAboubak) August 20, 2026
Confessions of an AI Clickbait Kingpin
Serbian DJ turned internet entrepreneur Nebojša Vujinović Vujo floods abandoned news sites with AI-generated articles. But he wants you to know he's a nice guy.
Anti-immigration AI videos traced to overseas fakers, BBC finds
"Patriotic" UK anti-immigration social media accounts have been traced to Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
Who are the rightwing influencers filling Trump’s head with visions of antifa?
Meet the content creators whose videos from Portland and Chicago shape the president’s distorted view of reality
Marc Maron
Marc David Maron is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, musician, and former radio presenter and podcaster.
The 10 Best Documentaries About Ronald Reagan
From his iconic Hollywood career to his transformation into a beloved politician, the life of Ronald Reagan is one of the most fascinating lives…
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson is a veteran television personality who emerged in 2016 as one of the most influential figures of the authoritarian, anti-democracy, right-wing movement that rose to prominence around the political career of former President Donald J. Trump. Carlson’s propaganda, which obsessively portrays white men as being victims of a corrupt, feminist, multicultural system, often mirrors the talking points found in fringe internet spaces where extremists congregate. He injects these talking points into his commentary on current events, giving extremists both an audience and a TV-ready polish that would be otherwise difficult to obtain. Carlson is undoubtedly the most listened-to pundit the anti-immigrant movement in America has ever seen and is regarded as a heroic figure to white supremacists and other admirers of fascism. Outside of Trump himself, arguably no single figure has proven to be more influential in radicalizing the right in the 21st century.
