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The Fierce Urgency of Tao

When the truth is subjective, contests of tastes are really just contests of power.

John Reed with Tiffany Troy

In The Never End I find a highly intelligent deep dive into the “empty consumerism, income inequality and monopoly capitalism” that followed the empty utopian promise of 1960s America. Readers will find in Reed a lone hero who guides them to reconsider the legacy of Animal Farm and Orwell as its writer.

Truth in Labeling

‘Right’ and ‘left’ might always be changing, but that just means we need more labels, not fewer.

Can Xi Jinping's "Chinese Model" Supplant Capitalist Democracies and Why Should Western Socialists Care? – Part 4

Pace the Communist Party, the contradictions and inadequacies of American democracy are not due to the nature of democracy per se, but due to the weakness and incompleteness of American democracy.

The Post-Neoliberalism Moment

Anyone advocating neoliberal policies is now persona non grata in Washington, D.C.

Is the 'Washington Consensus' of Neoliberalism and Globalization Over?

Anyone advocating neoliberal policies is now persona non grata in Washington, D.C.

How 'The Dreamers' Revealed the Disappointments of a Generation

A Former White Christian Nationalist Pulls Back the Curtain on Mounting Threats of Violence

Maya Lin's Monumental Vision

The artist makes exceedingly large, powerfully urgent public works that take on big subjects like loss, memory, and the climate crisis

Not So Magical Thinking