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What’s Hidden Behind the Walls of US Prisons
Few Americans fully appreciate just how many of their fellow citizens are ensnared in the criminal legal system.
Want to Get “Back to the Land”? You’re Not Alone
Each generation has had one common desire: to live a more honest, ethical life of self-sufficiency and oneness with nature.
Is Trump Launching a New World Order? The Petro-Powers vs. the Greens
A world dominated by green powers is likely to be less ravaged by war and the depredations of extreme climate change.
Impact Investing and Venture Philanthropy’s Role in Sowing the Seeds of Financial Opportunity
Impact investing is promoted by neoliberal governments and private sector partners through manipulative marketing.
Trump’s Push for Self-Sufficiency Misses the Point of Safety Net Programs
We want to know why, if experts have deemed these popular programs a success, the Trump administration doesnu2019t seem to agree.
Why Schools Still Can’t Put Segregation Behind Them
A federal district court judge has decided that Gardendale can move forward in its effort to secede from the school district that serves the larger county.
Passive Revolution: The Transnational Capitalist Class Unravels Latin America’s Pink Tide
A dependence on the globalized system of production and finance has been the left's undoing in Latin America.
The US’s Other “Russia Problem”: Creeping Domestic Authoritarianism
Slowly, seemingly inexorably, the US is becoming more like the former Soviet Union.
On Outrage: Trump, Climate, Denial and Action
The science is clear. And much of the technology and know-how that we need to address climate change already exists.
Goodbye Pacific Pivot, Hello Pacific Retreat: Who Will Take the US’s Place in Asia?
Although Washington still commands considerable power in the region, it could stand back, Trump-like, and just watch everything unravel.