The ‘scarcity mindset’ and the growing risks of inequality
The only solution, both to alleviating the underlying problem of inequality and countering the energized far right it has produced in so many places appears to be for the left to counter it with a more positive populism of its own.
Why the common good disappeared (and how we get it back)
The challenge is to turn all this into a new public spiritedness extending to the highest reaches in the land.
American workers are not happy
Americans clearly are working harder and longer and better. The solution is to change the system, which is stacked against workers.
Howling with my mom put me on a path to living with compassion
A creative approach to saving deer from being culled opened my eyes to feeling empathy for life around us.
People magazine pivots from sexual assault allegations, publishes ‘glam’ cover on Trump’s victory
Change has come to America (again).
Accusations brought against Betsy DeVos’ Education Department for failing to negotiate in good faith...
“Secretary Betsy DeVos and her management team are attempting to strip employees of their collective bargaining rights and kill the union.”
The visionless society
Is the Constitution an increasingly dead letter?
Julian Assange and the increasing threat to freedom of the press
The continued persecution of Manning and Assange shows that while actual war criminals are showered with praise and given lucrative sinecures, those who reveal their crimes are the ones who will face punishment.
Robots are coming for white-collar jobs
This robotic automation of white-collar jobs is being imposed so suddenly, widely, and stealthily that losses will crush any gains.
In ‘stunning indictment’, ICE officers call for own agency to be dissolved amid growing...
"It was never about crime. Never about MS-13. Always just about hurting less privileged people of color. All at the expense of actually protecting America."