The Service Industry and its Discontents
As the industry struggles towards “business as usual”, all restaurant workers have to return to is grueling work, exploitive conditions, and criminally low wages.
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The Service Industry and its Discontents
As the industry struggles towards “business as usual”, all restaurant workers have to return to is grueling work, exploitive conditions, and criminally low wages.
Live Drawing The Last Presidential Debate
Our trusty and long-suffering cartoonist, Jason Adam Katzenstein, live draws the second and final Biden-Trump debate.
A Thorough Debunking of COVID-19 Contrarianism
Data scientist Jennifer Handsel deconstructs the truth and the myths of COVID-19.
Why Conservative Arguments Are So Worthless
And why liberal technocrats who give credence to them are so obtuse.
When the Good is the Enemy of the Sufficient: Biden’s Climate Plan
By all accounts, Biden’s second climate plan is better than his first. But how much “better” will it take to save the world?
Where the Air Is Pure
We suffocate the world with industry, then we commodify air- and find new ways to blame the most vulnerable.
The Chomsky Position On Voting
It’s important to vote Democratic, but we should be under no illusions that voting Democratic will save us. Voting is a small part of our political lives.
It’s Time to Talk About Cuba. And Puerto Rico, Too.
A story of two islands, and what they tell us about neoliberalism.