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People With a Lot of Money Are Determining What Culture Is
"CounterSpin" interviews Amin Husain on decolonizing museums.
Daenerys Targaryen Was Never a Liberator
“Game of Thrones” failed its fans, but Dany was never a hero.
“Avengers: Endgame” Is a Liberal War Cry
It is through the Avengers that we see the price of political failure.
Whistleblower’s Arrest Shows Even “Secure” Platforms Are Vulnerable
The "secure" digital channel is a lucrative myth marketed by the tech industry.
Remembering Folk Icon Pete Seeger on What Would Have Been His 100th Birthday
Seeger recalled how he learned about the classic civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome” in this interview.
To Conjure the Future We Want, We Need a Revolution of the Heart
As we rise up to co-create new social contracts, let us draw upon our intersecting spiritual antecedents.
Jordan Peele’s “Us” Is a Middle-Class Guilt Trip
The terror in "Us" is not the pain of the “American Dream,” but the terror of not maintaining it.
Surveillance Capitalism Is Destroying Our Freedom and Our Intimacy
Surveillance capitalism is doing to human nature what industrial capitalism has done to our planet.
Woman Suing Harvard for Photos of Enslaved Ancestors Says History Is at Stake
Who has the right to own photos of slaves?
How to Find Hope in the Age of Trump
You can’t fix everything, so try fixing one small thing, and see where the endeavor takes you.