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The Damaged Soul of The Mother and the Whore

By: Charles Taylor β€” June 23rd 2023 at 14:52

Jean Eustache’s famous elegy for a left-wing generation is, at its heart, reactionary.

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Money Power

By: Nina Luo β€” June 5th 2023 at 16:09

If we want to move toward a world that meets everyone’s needs, we will need to get serious about the role of money on the left.

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The Compassion of Nellie Bly

By: Nicolaus Mills β€” April 6th 2023 at 16:14

Bly’s 1887 masterpiece Ten Days in a Mad-House reminds us that the ultimate test for public safety programs for the mentally ill is their impact on the most vulnerable.

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Can Israel Be a Democracy for All?

By: Dov Waxman β€” March 28th 2023 at 14:39

It is a mistake to ignore the connection between the attempted judicial coup in Israel and the occupation of the West Bank.

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A New Path to Diversity

By: Richard D. Kahlenberg β€” March 23rd 2023 at 14:19

The Supreme Court is poised to overturn race-based affirmative action. But preferences based on socioeconomic disadvantageβ€”which are both politically popular and legally soundβ€”could produce similarly high levels of diversity.

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Liberal Commitments

By: Timothy Shenk β€” March 21st 2023 at 14:36

An interview with Michael Walzer on The Struggle for a Decent Politics.

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Energy Anxiety

By: Eliza Levinson β€” March 9th 2023 at 15:21

After more than half a century of dependence on Russian oil and gas, the war in Ukraine has forced German officials to reconsider their reliance on fossil fuels entirely.

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Reject the Left-Right Alliance Against Ukraine

By: Michael Kazin β€” March 7th 2023 at 16:10

If American leftists take seriously their commitment to self-rule and loathing of foreign aggression, they should shed their ambivalence about supporting Ukraine.

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The Desert of the Virtual

By: Anna-Verena Nosthoff β€” February 23rd 2023 at 15:24

The metaverse heralds an age in which hardly anyone still believes that tech firms can actually solve our problems.

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The Dawn of Austerity

By: Nick Serpe β€” February 17th 2023 at 15:19

An interview with Clara E. Mattei, the author of The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism.

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Trapped by Empire

By: Van Jackson β€” February 8th 2023 at 15:05

The government of Guam has appointed a Commission on Decolonization, but U.S. control means that all of the island’s options, including the status quo, have substantial downsides.

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How to Revive the Labor Movement

By: Jeremy Brecher β€” February 3rd 2023 at 14:50

In The Future We Need, Erica Smiley and Sarita Gupta argue for extending collective bargaining beyond the workplace.

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Starving for Justice in Thailand

By: Tyrell Haberkorn β€” January 26th 2023 at 16:12

Two political prisoners arrested for questioning the Thai monarchy have been on a life-threatening hunger strike for over a week. The government has met their demands for the right to free expression with silence.

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