Articles in Interviews
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.
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?
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.
Why The Labor Movement Needs to Be More Confrontational and Disruptive Toward Corporate Power
Veteran SEIU organizer Jono Shaffer explains how Justice For Janitors innovated disruptive strategies that put building owners on the defensive.
How To Debunk Sexist Pseudoscience
Cordelia Fine is a psychologist and philosopher of science who has become well-known for criticizing strong claims about “innate” or “hard-wired” sex differences in the brain. Today she explains the kinds of sexist errors that have persisted for centuries.
Mehdi Hasan on How to Argue and Win
Noted for his hard-hitting interviews, MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan explains the art of effective public speaking.
Manifest Destiny in Space
“Astrotopia” author Mary-Jane Rubenstein discusses the dangerous colonial myths about the necessity of conquest and expansion, and how they show up in billionaires’ rhetoric today.
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