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![Activist DeRay McKesson speaks at Build Studio on March 19, 2018, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/10/2018_1025-d-400x300.jpg)
DeRay Mckesson’s Misguided Case for Hope
In DeRay Mckesson’s newly published book, readers are left with more frustrating questions than answers.
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Pedagogy for Profit: Education Under Capitalism
Neoliberal capitalism has turned the wrecking of public schools into a source of profit for the wealthy.
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In the Age of Amazon, Is There a Conscientious Way to Shop?
In addition to thinking about where we shop, we must work to challenge corporate power.
![College students and potential employers meet at the Barnard College Career Fair on September 7, 2012, in New York City](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/10/GettyImages-151446035-400x300.jpg)
Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Some nonprofit organizations are shockingly bad actors, while others do laudable work. But they all share a limitation.
![Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 6, 2018, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/09/GettyImages-992680004-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Economy Is on a Path to a Bust
The Trump economy transfers more wealth and buying power from American workers to the wealthy 1 percent.
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Capitalism Is Not the “Market System”
Americans are debating the choice we must make now between keeping capitalism or changing the system.
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“Sorry to Bother You” Exposes the Danger of Bourgeois Integration
Boots Riley's new film explores how the “urge toward whiteness” keeps the wheels of capitalism turning.
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“Exhaling a Low Freedom Song”: Jackie Wang on Carceral Capitalism
The state is using carceral techniques to fill revenue gaps created by shrinking tax bases.
![A rally in support of Medicare for All in Los Angeles, California, February 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/07/35372504552_0979f216df_odd-400x300.jpg)
Labor’s Power and the Medicare for All Struggle
A Missouri nurse makes the case for uniting health care struggles.
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A Progressive Political Economy in the Aftermath of Neoliberalism’s Destruction
The global capitalist economy functions in a very asymmetrical and dangerous way.