There Are Many Threats to Humanity. A Low Birth Rate Isn’t One of Them.
Commentators across the political spectrum claim that humanity faces imminent collapse due to a “fertility crisis.” Is this mass delusion or cynical propaganda?
Trump is What Happens When You Give a Landlord Power
He wants to “own” Gaza and Greenland, and he treats immigrants like tenants he can evict at will. The rent-seeking class created Trump, and now he’s governing as America's landlord in chief.
- by Alex Skopic
The Cowardice of Elites
The privileged have an obligation to take risks in order to prevent the establishment of a dictatorship.
The Shifting Discourse on Israel, Zionism, and Jewish Identity
Peter Beinart discusses how narratives of Jewish identity impact understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, parallels between Zionism and colonialism, and lessons we can take from the end of South African apartheid.
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