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With Anti-China Protectionism, the Left Is Aiding Trump’s Xenophobic Agenda
Even leading progressives like Bernie Sanders can fall short of full-throated solidarity with Chinese workers.
To Combat Gentrification, One City Is Changing How Homes Are Bought and Sold
Buffalo's first community land trust is designed to give neighbors control over land use and to keep housing affordable.
A “Happy” World Requires Institutional Change
Countries with low income disparities and high levels of social support rank highest in the World Happiness Report.
Keeping the “Public” in Public Art
Who decides where funding for New York's public art goes? Especially when that art ends up displacing people?
Wealth Can’t Protect Environmentally Ravaged Silicon Valley From Climate Change
The tech empire’s power and money are no match for the fierce drought and wildfires exacerbated by urban sprawl.
“They’ve Been Doing This Massive, Anti-Democratic Model of Education Reform”
The top-down model of education reform has failed everywhere.
What Came Before #MeToo: The Himpathy That Shaped Misogyny
Kate Manne’s “Down Girl” describes a punitive social system that rewards compliance and punishes resistance.
Lessons From a Nazi-Persecuted Philosopher on the Rights of Refugees
Hannah Arendt recognized the “right to have rights” as key to protecting persecuted minorities.
What Air Pollution and Police Violence Have in Common
Established politicians fail to grasp that the most critical issues facing most Americans are linked.
Vermont Nurses on Strike Demanding Hospital Put Patients Over Profits
At the center of the strike are issues related to safe staffing, competitive pay and a $15 minimum wage.