How the US Military Is Failing
A critical, but maybe not critical enough, look at the relationship of the US military to its society and ostensible goals.
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The Corporate Plan to Groom U.S. Kids for Servitude by Wiping Out Public Schools
Schools are becoming a two-tier affair, with those for the non-affluent preparing them for “a life that is more circumscribed, less vibrant, and, quite literally, shorter, than what past generations have known.”
Read more...The Hidden Network That Propelled Civil Rights in America
Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders relied on black entrepreneurs to make their work possible.
Read more...5 Ways Liberals and Progressives Shame the Poor Without Even Realizing It
The poor (and even the struggling middle class) are too often on the receiving end of sanctimonious and not cheap lifestyle finger-wagging.
Read more...The Forgotten Economic Vision of Martin Luther King
In the last years of his life, King was boldly forging a radical, multi-racial movement for economic justice.
Read more...50 Years of Gender and Intellectual Ability Stereotypes in Films
Films are doing women no favors, unless you think relegating them to traditional roles is a good thing.
Read more...Stabilising the Real Economy Increases Average Output
This column summarizes research indicating that stabilizing the real economy raises the long-run level of output.
Read more...The Necessary Transience of Happiness
Questioning the modern obsession with happiness.
Read more...How the Agricultural Revolution Changed our Social and Economic Evolution
How agriculture produced ultrasociality, a major change in human evolution.
Read more...Employers to Women: Could You Be Any Dumber (Please)?
Being smart is not a plus for career-minded women.
Read more...Resisting the Gig Economy: The Emergence of Cooperative Food Delivery Platforms
Labor-squeezing platform providers: how to fight fire with fire.
Read more...Noam Chomsky on the Populist Groundswell, U.S. Elections, the Future of Humanity, and More
Chomsky discusses a wide range of hot topics.
Read more...Thousands of Students Protest Gun Violence
A first-hand report on some of the student gun protests in California.
Read more...50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s Last Speech: Have We Left the Haunted House?
King described the problem of structural racism in his final speech and how the US commitment to Vietnam was hurting blacks disproportionately. What if anything has changed?
Read more...Silicon Valley’s Gilded Cage
Silicon Valley glitters but at least some of its workers want more.
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