Thursday, April 9, 2026

Living in an age of desire and anxiety

What is causing this epidemic?

Kanye West should visit the Montgomery Slavery Memorial, and take President Trump with him

There is a space in the heart of Alabama that might be just the place for Kanye West to reflect on slavery.

National (in)security

In the United States of inequality.

Monetary policy takes center stage: MMT, QE or public banks?

A network of public banks including a central bank operated as a public utility could similarly fund a U.S. Green New Deal – without raising taxes, driving up the federal debt, or inflating prices.

Blaming ‘flawed and sexist’ capitalist system, Oxfam report finds 2,153 billionaires wealthier than 4.6...

“Our broken economies are lining the pockets of billionaires and big business at the expense of ordinary men and women. No wonder people are starting to question whether billionaires should even exist.”

On right-wing violence in Texas, media’s silence sends message

Is this sending a message to would-be future attackers that there will be no consequences for their actions?

The roots of the Capitol insurrection

Allowing them and their followers to distance themselves from what happened would be the kind of strategic blunder we too often see from the centrist wing of the Democratic Party.

What pundit Ezra Klein doesn’t get about parenting in a looming climate crisis

It’s a matter of math: Bigger families mean more carbon emissions.