Under Commander Jon Burge, Black men endured torture and violence at the hands of Chicago police.
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Cartoonist Nick Thorkelson discusses the life, career and theories of Herbert Marcuse.
In this excerpt, Nick Thorkelson depicts the political upheaval of 1930s Europe and its effect on Herbert Marcuse.
In this excerpt, we learn where and how sex workers are criminalized.
In “Frostlands,” author John Feffer describes a future ruled by corporations in a time of global disorder.
In this excerpt of “Frostlands,” the main character of the novel grapples with the climate debate in 2051.
Truthout’s Dahr Jamail discusses climate change and his newest book.
“Grief is a way to honor what we are losing,” writes Dahr Jamail.
The vanishing of ice from Earth is helping to rapidly render this planet uninhabitable.
We must be able to think critically about social changes caused by digital technology.