The way the urban commons create a space to solve material problems and enable social movements to forge city-wide networks are antidotes to people being attracted towards the far-right.
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Reforming Partisan SCOTUS May Be as Simple as Voting in Local Elections
Are we truly “stuck with” this Supreme Court for the next quarter of a century? Not if we abolish the Electoral College and reimagine the way presidential elections are conducted.
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Blood from Jacksonville Is Partially on Ron DeSantis' Hands
DeSantis and Florida’s Republican-controlled legislature should listen to people of color and reflect on how their prior actions and rhetoric have emboldened people like the Jacksonville shooter to act on their hate.
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As Calls Grow to Nationalize Britain’s Broken Industries, Labour Needs to Listen
From water to rail to healthcare, privatization in the UK has had disastrous effects. Now the question is what a government led by the Labour Party can do about it.
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Trump's RICO Indictment Proves the GOP Is Beyond Saving
It’s become clear that any political party in thrall to a presidential candidate awaiting trial in three separate jurisdictions is a sign that that party is morally bankrupt and rotten to the core.
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Alabama Ignoring SCOTUS Shows True Danger of a Partisan Court
The Supreme Court wasn’t designed to be an unaccountable super-legislature of a handful of corporate lawyers who can override the decisions of the executive and legislative branches, but it has become exactly that.
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'Barbie' Is the Incisive Commentary on Patriarchy We All Need
The star-studded summer blockbuster has been lauded as a feminist film. But Barbie is not just pro-women—it’s also very pro-men.
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Means Testing Is Drowning the Disabled in a Sea of Red Tape
Navigating America’s labyrinthian bureaucracy can leave applicants for public safety net programs feeling exhausted and defeated — something especially true for people with disabilities
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If AI Is Going to Replace Workers, Why Not Start with CEOs?
Creating an AI to perform executive level functions like data analysis, risk assessment, and resource allocation would be preferable to a CEO — considering a machine doesn’t need compensation in the tens of millions of dollars.
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Republicans' Vision for America: Putin's Russia
Just as Putin and his party’s control of the Duma demonstrate, a fully Republican-run US government would run roughshod on democracy, override the rule of law, bully marginalized communities, jail protesters and journalists, and outright ignore the Constitution when it conflicts with their power-grab.
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A Squeezed Working Class Is Delighting in Stories of Billionaires Dying
Rather than tsk-tsking us for our schadenfreude at billionaires meeting their end in various acts of hubris, mainstream media outlets would do well to understand the anger of the working class before it boils over.
