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How To Explain Socialism Clearly In a Way That Actually Persuades People
Comedian and writer Danny Katch on how socialists can explain their ideas to non-socialists in a way that is intelligible, friendly, and compelling.
What ‘Economic Freedom’ Would Look Like
Economist Mark Paul explains why we need an ‘economic bill of rights’ and why the right-wing libertarian conception of ‘freedom’ is bananas and won’t actually make us free.
How America’s Wars Become ‘Invisible’
Media critic Norman Solomon on how the U.S. media keeps the human consequences of the country’s foreign policy out of view.
We Must Banish ‘Bootstraps’ Mythology From American Life
“Bootstrapped” author Alissa Quart on the cruelty of the stories we tell about how grit and hard work are the route to success.
How the Kurds of Rojava Embraced Revolutionary New Ideas of Social Organization
Janet Biehl discusses the radical practice of decentralized democracy among the Kurds of Rojava.
Introducing Murray Bookchin, the Extraordinary Originator of ‘Social Ecology’
Biographer Janet Biehl explains why the late thinker’s decentralized, anti-capitalist, ecological vision remains so important today.
A Public Health Expert Explains How We Can Actually Reduce Gun Deaths
There are so many practical ways to reduce gun deaths using a ‘public health’ approach to the problem. What excuse is there for doing nothing?
A Teacher Explains Why Politics Belong In The Classroom
Teacher Sam Shain was caught in the middle of the culture war when he taught a book about racism. He discusses that experience, and explains why it’s so important for teachers not to shy away from “controversial” political topics.
Why This Foreign Policy Expert Thinks Americans Dangerously Misunderstand China
Van Jackson, author of ‘Pacific Power Paradox,’ on how the U.S. pursuit of dominance in the Pacific is making an avoidable conflict with China much more likely.
Why Effective Altruism and “Longtermism” Are Toxic Ideologies
Intellectual historian Émile P. Torres explains how Silicon Valley’s favorite ideas for changing the world for the better actually threaten to make it much, much worse.
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