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Grad Workers’ Strike Shows Labor Why It Must Become Abolitionist
The strike at the University of Michigan highlighted the role of policing in upholding racial capitalism on campus.
Trump Ousted. The Spirit of Insurgent Democracy Is Rising.
Surviving the toxic aftermath of a Trump presidency calls for a radical reimagining of democracy in the U.S.
The Winner of the 2020 Election Won’t Be Inheriting a Genuine Democracy
There is no other democracy in the advanced industrialized world with the “undemocratic” features found in the U.S.
To Defeat Fascism, We Must Recognize It’s a Failed Response to Capitalist Crisis
To resist the forces of fascism, we need an alternative approach to the crisis that’s based on a social justice agenda.
COVID Has Led People to Save More. Now Economists Are Upset.
COVID has led more people who can save to do so, hurting the economy and exposing the absurdity of capitalism.
Trump Is Trying to Scare You With the “Socialism” Boogeyman
From public schools to subsidized farms and the internet, socialism has long existed in some form in the U.S.
Capitalism Made Women of Color More Vulnerable to the COVID Recession
One in nine Black and Latina women age 20 and over became unemployed last month.
New Technologies Should Be Regulated by Government — Not by Those Who Profit
Efforts to revive Congress’s Office of Technology Assessment have been renewed to assess and control new technologies.
Greenwashing Capitalism Won’t Heal the Planet
To truly heal the planet, we have no alternative but to replace our current economic paradigm with a more equitable one.
Ableism and White Supremacy Are Intertwined — We Must Confront Them Together
Ableism is a systemic oppression and an expression of privilege that finds common ancestry with white supremacy.