Tuesday, December 16, 2025

From the sectoral to the local: Re-imagining labor and the left in a time...

While the unintended economic disaster now unfolding throughout the world is unprecedented, the progressive left must heed the lessons of disasters like Katrina, Maria and wars of aggression in places like Iraq to be ready to confront the potentially life and death struggles ahead.

Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Costa Rica—first in Central America

"This change will cause a significant social and cultural transformation of the country."

Why rebuilding America’s manufacturing muscle is essential

Decades of industrial decline left America unprepared for the pandemic. COVID-19 simply caught America flat-footed.

Class war — not the media hokey pokey — is what it’s all about

Maybe you don’t want to call it class war. But whatever you call it, the system always makes a killing.
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Millions of immigrant heroes perform essential jobs during the pandemic—America needs to protect them

We need to ensure that everyone’s health and well-being are protected.

Harvard and Jeffrey Epstein

“Once Epstein was convicted, Harvard should have cut him off from further communication with the [Faculty of Arts and Sciences]. He didn't deserve more.”

“In this together”: Vietnam and New Zealand in the time of social distancing

One thing that’s striking about the examples being set by both Vietnam and New Zealand is how important social solidarity has been to successfully confronting this highly contagious disease.

Can progressives talk about love without embarrassment?

A review of Michael Lerner’s new book, Revolutionary Love: A Political Manifesto to Heal and Transform the World.

Life on the human planet

Focus on the essentials of life, and you’ll discover that one important element is “community.”