Plague Journal #20: The Coming Memepocalypse
Of all the things 'going viral' which ones will matter the most?
Wall Street Gets Another Bailout as Main Street Struggles to Survive
Insolvent Wall Street banks that have been quietly bailed out again under the cover of the Covid-19 pandemic should be public utilities.
View from Death Row: We Are the Living Dead
For weeks, prisoners at San Quentin have been sick and dying as the epidemic spread rapidly in the crowded, stacked cells. Then the author fell ill, too.
A Short History of How America Killed Accountability
The country's loss of accountability has been coming for a long time at what, in retrospect, should seem an alarmingly inexorable pace.
The Kids Are Alright. At Least Yours.
Don’t overstate the benefits of opening schools for poor children while allowing the reckless endangerment of the adults that care for them.
Plague Journal #19: How a Clown Was Put in Charge of the Circus
Mary Trump identifies her uncle as an abused sociopath, boosted to power because his pathetic lies are endlessly perpetuated by those who stand to gain from his success.
Crisis in Portland Did Not Start with Trump’s Shock Troops — And Likely Won’t End As They Leave
A first-person account of more than two months of street protests shows more similarities than differences between Democrat and Republican treatment of legitimate activism, and media divisions that center white…
Progressive Economist Explains Why a Full Job Guarantee Is Doable, Affordable – and Much Better than Universal Basic Income
We have seen that money can be 'found' instantly when elites deem it necessary, showing that poverty is a "feature not a bug" in the status quo.
Killing Democracy in America
This country’s 'forever wars' have become a kind of global pandemic all their own and, like a cytokine storm, are strangling the vital organs of democracy.
Here’s How We Remake the Economy
The Fed's crisis response exposes the faulty logic of moralizing, pro-austerity politicians and economists.
Plague Journal #18: A Long History of Lawless Law Enforcement in the Name of Racist ‘Science’
There is always justification put forth by leaders and governments for discriminatory, unconstitutional behavior.
Time to Stop Bankrolling War and the Wealthy
A jubilee moment in pandemic America? The poetry of a movement to change this country.
We Shelter in Places Apart and Unequal
Topple all the monuments you want, but the real racism’s going unaddressed.
View from the Ground: Twin Cities Activism, Before and After
Are the Twin Cities liberal? Yes. But we are a radical and activist hotbed as well.
Hard Times: ‘It’s Like They’re Trying to Kill Us’
Recent interviews with Alabama prisoners and officials paint grim picture of overcrowding, theft of personal items, surprise transfers and pandemic fear.