“In many respects, we now live in a society that is only formally democratic, as the great mass of citizens have minimal say on the major public issues of the day, and such issues are scarcely debated at all in any meaningful sense in the electoral arena. In our society, corporations and the wealthy enjoy a power every bit as immense as that assumed to have been enjoyed by the lords and royalty of feudal times.” Has BeensBitsEnjoyLordIssuesCitizensMajorsMassDemocraticMeaningfulEnjoyedCorporationsOur SocietyWealthyImmenseArenaRoyalty Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“Journalism is a great profession. It's complicated now. People talk about the demise of investigative reporting. I was a judge in some award contest recently, and the stuff that is being done by major newspapers, and local, regional papers around the country, is great. Newspapers play an amazing role in our society, and I still think they are important. I'm sorry newspaper circulation is down. Ultimately, the importance of newspapers can't be replaced.” PeopleThinkingStillsImportantCountryDonePlayStuffRolesJudgingPaperMajorsImportanceSorryComplicatedProfessionNewspapersLocalsJournalismOur SocietyAwardsReplacedI'm SorryContestsPapersCirculationDemiseBeing Done Author:Seymour Hersh
“If we can just convince other people to get involved, this could make some major changes in our society. It's very exhilarating.” PeopleIfsInvolvedMajorsConvinceOur SocietyGet InvolvedExhilaratingMajor Change Author:Dolores Huerta
“If you ask an economist what’s driven economic growth, it’s been major advances in things that mattered - the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that.” IfsProblemAsksGrowthEconomicMajorsMassDrivenOrganizedOur SocietyEconomistFarmingEconomic GrowthManufacturingMechanization Author:Larry Page
“I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968.” YearsChildrenIdeasForceSubjectsMajorsWestAbsurdOur Society Author:Salman Rushdie
“The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society.” FactsPoorMajorsOur SocietyPhilanthropist Book:Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Source: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America