Originally published in TheProgressive.org Become a Patron! Support our work at Paypal, Venmo (ZDRoberts) or cashapp ($ZDRoberts) Not since opening the pages of a worn copy of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States have I read a book on a subject about which I thought I knew a great deal, only to learn that I knew next to nothing….
Category: Entertainment
2,000 Mules: Belly Laughs, Belly Aches from Film’s “Proof” that Trump Won
Originally posted on GregPalast.com by Greg Palast and Zach D Roberts Don’t laugh. Yet. A Black man walks from his car to the ballot drop box. Dark music plays. The Black man puts ballots in the drop box then gets back in his car. “This is a smoking gun! This is OJ Simpson being seen…
VIDEO: The Hercules of Cancel Culture – Kevin Sorbo at CPAC
Support our work at Paypal, Venmo (ZDRoberts) or cashapp ($ZDRoberts) Become a Patron! Star of TV and screen actor Kevin Sorbo was at the Conservative Political Action Conference last month in Orlando, Florida speaking about being canceled and about building his own uncancellable studio. I was there for Visu.News and took the opportunity to ask him the only thing I…
‘The Day the Klan Came To Town’ – Interview with Bill Campbell
Bill Campbell takes an incredible amount of research and information on the KKK and his hometown at the time and builds a narrative arc that will keep everyone reading.
The Gang Starts the Class War
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is perhaps one of the greatest cult classic TV shows in recent history. Rob McElhenney, the show’s creator, combines the lovable absurdity of the show’s main characters with subtle but cutting social commentary. In fact, I’d go so far as to argue that no TV show has ever so faithfully,…
Emerald City Video Awards
Winners are announced on the podcast and tagged via social media. If they want to receive the actual award, they can. The Yellow Brick in question is a VHS tape spray-painted gold and then labeled with their project and mailed out in a rental case. You can find us (and a number of other awesome…
WATCH: The 2018 Golden Probes
The Golden Probes is hosted by Margaret Cho, stars presenters Stormy Daniels, Kathy Najimy, the cast of Netflix’s Orange is the New Black and many more. Watch it now! Lizz Winstead: The Golden Probes are an annual event that we do every year, sort of going back to helping folks learn about state and local politicians….
MARS Season 2: Discussion and Open Boxing
Occasionally we slip in to Visu.News some entertainment stories but as the site moves forwards we’ll be doing more and more of them – when they are politically relevant. A couple of months ago I was on the set of the the National Geographic TV show, MARS. It’s an incredible show, that deals with climate…
I’m Sorry To Bother You – But, There’s a Film You Need To See
I’m going to cut to the chase with this review. Boots Reilly’s premiere feature length film is fucking fantastic. It’s the sort of film that only comes maybe once a decade – an independent film that is funny, well-acted, and creative in a way that I can’t remember seeing since Spike Lee’s Bamboozled. Except that…
“Am I Being Detained?” – Author Jeanne Devon on Sovereign Citizens
This week on the Visu.News podcast I chat with long time friend and colleague Jeanne Devon. She’s the editor and founder of TheMudflats.net – if you read anything about Sarah Palin back in 2008, it’s likely a story that she wrote and then was picked up by the networks. This week she’s on to talk…