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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.
Assange’s Indictment Treats Journalism as a Crime
Trump’s message to the press: Publish material critical of U.S. policy at your peril.
The Man Who Saw Trump Coming a Century Ago
In the second coming of the Gilded Age, one author's prescient theory is more important than ever.
Ignoring Lessons of #MeToo, Media Scrutinize Joe Biden’s Accusers
In addition to victim blaming, media analysts have invented reasons to excuse Biden's inappropriate behavior.
Weaponized Social Media Is Driving the Explosion of Fascism
Weaponized memes are engineered to excite and incite while poisoning democracies with disinformation.
Surveillance Capitalism Is Destroying Our Freedom and Our Intimacy
Surveillance capitalism is doing to human nature what industrial capitalism has done to our planet.
“Renouncing Violence” Is a Demand Made Almost Exclusively of Muslims
The issue is the wholly selective and loaded manner in which this burden is applied.
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.