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Jeffrey Epstein Is Exhibit A for Capitalism’s Moral Bankruptcy
Wealth, not culpability, shapes outcomes in our criminal legal system.
Climate Adaptation Needs to Put Human Rights Above Property Values
Every dollar spent on sea walls is a dollar not invested into actual carbon reduction.
New Hampshire Gets a Taste of Elizabeth Warren’s Retail Politics
Warren's “selfie line” is retail politics for the 21st century.
Suicide as Corporate Murder: France Télécom on Trial
At France Télécom, worker suicides were not an aberration of the system, but the deliberate outcome.
Ayn Rand’s Legacy of Unifying Social Cruelty
Trump is not the only Republican who mistakenly envisages himself as an Ayn Rand hero.
The Devious Ways One Water Company Is Profiting From Poor Mexicans
Agua de Puebla is diverting water to a new Heineken factory even as it cuts off water supplies to homes.
Henry A. Giroux: The Dismantling of Public Education Fuels Fascism
Corporate values have changed the nature of higher education in the U.S.
Sanders’s Speech Presents a Conundrum for New Left’s Socialist Strategy
Bernie Sanders is offering adjustments to capitalism, not transformation into a worker-controlled democratic society.
Capitalist Workplaces Set Bosses Up to Be Authoritarian Tyrants
“Free markets” do not guarantee workers any freedoms other than the freedom to be unemployed and to starve.
In the Face of Climate Collapse, We Need the Wisdom of Elders
Western industrial culture abandons elders. Now more than ever, we must instead recognize their wisdom.