Why a new progressive era in America is likely—in about 20 years
All these trends point to a new progressive America.
How urban planners disenfranchised black communities in west Oakland
“The planning profession has to reconcile that because they have been complicit in this whole issue, not only in Oakland, but in cities all across the country.”
2024: Dread and hope
Saving our civilization from impending environmental disaster is perhaps the one issue capable of uniting us.
The army we don’t see
The private world that our post-9/11 conflicts have bred.
Testing finds toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in common US food pesticides
The results of the recent tests suggest that at least some of the agricultural products are being contaminated with PFAS from unknown sources.
Jury in civil case finds Trump sexually abused, defamed E. Jean Carroll
Lisa Bloom called on the New York Legislature to "extend the CRIMINAL statute of limitations for sex crimes so Trump can be criminally prosecuted for the sexual abuse that this civil jury found Trump committed."
The healthcare long march: Why exposing evils of medical debt doesn’t fix the problem
The closest thing to actual solutions are vague hints
What is more evil than pure evil?
“Rationalization is the evil step-brother of rationality.”
Are the best years of my country behind me?
Reflections on a long-ago tour of Los Alamos and the Trinity Atomic Test Site.
A new Republican assault on children: Overturning labor laws
It seems unimaginable that we are backsliding into the era of exploiting child labor. But that’s precisely what the GOP appears to be doing.