Wednesday, July 8, 2026

The moneyless economy is thriving in America

The free and shared goods economy is creating community resilience and alternatives to trash culture for millions of people.

The McConnell/Trump GOP guts ethics rules for its billionaire cabinet

Senators must reject any nominee who fails to make the necessary disclosures.

Afro-descendant communities offer a living blueprint for Amazon Conservation

Lands managed by Afro-descendant peoples in the Amazon experience dramatically lower deforestation and house some of the planet’s richest ecosystems—showing how centuries-old stewardship can guide global conservation.

Higher Education: Capitalism at Its Most Despicable

Public colleges have long been expected to benefit from academic research. But that all changed in 1980 with the Bayh-Dole Act. Now universities are more deeply entrenched in the capitalist world—a true degradation of higher education.

Four Numbers that Show the Beating Down of Middle America

Numbers reveal the dramatic fall of the middle class over the past 35 years. But Congress has little need for numbers, except for their own needs, and the super-rich just keep building up their own numbers—it's time for a redistribution of our national wealth.

The 1 Percent’s Useful Idiots

Did Bernie Sanders let us down? It looks like we will have to carry out the political revolution on our own.

The rise of private cops: How not to tackle homelessness

Like many cities with a serious housing problem, Portland is increasingly relying on private security to “clean up” the human debris of capitalism.

Settler colonialism: ‘It Ends With Us’ in Palestine and Israel

This article refers to both these incidents to analyze the current Palestine-Israel catastrophe.

The Kimmel fight revealed the anti-Trump opposition’s secret weapon

The people have more power than we realize. And the people in power are terrified of it.

Colorado’s ‘MeatOut Day’ has started a meat war

A call for more plant-based eating draws battle lines over burgers.