The Rich Are Still Getting Richer The Rich Are Still Getting Richer
Inequality is the economic great wall between those with power and those without it.
Feb 26, 2019 / Nomi Prins
Place Publique: The ‘Orphans’ of the French Left Place Publique: The ‘Orphans’ of the French Left
A new direct democracy movement hopes to reconstitute France’s left parties around a European Green New Deal—but voters are still skeptical.
Feb 26, 2019 / Colin Kinniburgh
Israeli Extremists Are Making a Comeback—With the Help of US Tax Dollars Israeli Extremists Are Making a Comeback—With the Help of US Tax Dollars
American nonprofits have funneled money to Meir Kahane’s followers, who now have a chance to enter the Knesset.
Feb 26, 2019 / Mairav Zonszein
Shrinking the Military-Industrial Complex by Putting It to Work at Home Shrinking the Military-Industrial Complex by Putting It to Work at Home
It’s not a pipe dream.
Feb 26, 2019 / Feature / Peter-Christian Aigner and Michael Brenes
White Women Prospered on the Brutality of the Slave Economy White Women Prospered on the Brutality of the Slave Economy
Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers’s new book is a definitive account of how deeply invested white women were in slavery in the South.
Feb 26, 2019 / Lynne Feeley
Trump’s Time-Travel Adventure Trump’s Time-Travel Adventure
One man’s incompetence is another man’s principled discipline.
Feb 26, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Gen. Simón Bolívar, Latin America’s Liberator, Has Advice for the US Military Gen. Simón Bolívar, Latin America’s Liberator, Has Advice for the US Military
Trump may be an awful president, but the military has no more right to overthrow him in a coup than he does to overthrow Maduro.
Feb 25, 2019 / Ariel Dorfman
The Supreme Court Has Undone a Century of American Opposition to Sports Gambling The Supreme Court Has Undone a Century of American Opposition to Sports Gambling
Legal sports gambling would generate some of the very problems that the revenue from sports gambling would purportedly solve.
Feb 25, 2019 / Ronald Katz
The Cost of Being a War Resister in Israel The Cost of Being a War Resister in Israel
A 19-year-old Israeli was jailed six times after refusing military service.
Feb 25, 2019 / Rory Fanning