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Prospects for Peace and Justice in Israel and Palestine
A recording of our event featuring Noam Chomsky, Sally Abed, Omar Dahi, Alon-lee Green, Congressman Jim McGovern, and Dr. James Zogby, President of the Arab-American Institute.
Frederick Douglass and American Empire in Haiti
Toward the end of his life, Frederick Douglass served briefly as U.S. ambassador to Haiti. The disastrous episode reveals much about the country’s long struggle for Black sovereignty while always under the threat of U.S. empire.
Public Policy after Pandemic
The United States wasn’t prepared for COVID-19, despite decades of warnings. What must we do to plan more effectively?
In Praise of One-Size-Fits-All
Critiques of vaccine mandates continue a neoliberal tradition of idolizing private choice at the expense of the public good.
Why I Provide Abortions
My patients and I don’t use words like “choice” or “viability.”
Competition Is Not the Cure
Monopoly power has certainly harmed workers, but the solution should be a wholesale rethinking of economic policy—not an embrace of perfectly competitive markets.
Demanding Justice for the Living
Derecka Purnell discusses her new book Becoming Abolitionists, how she came to join the movement against policing and prisons, and what a just world looks like.
Imagine the Worst
How philosophical thinking can make truthfulness possible even when the truth can barely be fathomed.
SNCC’s Unruly Internationalism
Though the organization’s legacy has been domesticated, its grassroots leadership embraced the global fight for freedom.
A Path to Neighborhood Power
Well-meaning nonprofits don’t go far enough in the fight against gentrification. Residents themselves must be in charge, and neighborhood trusts point the way.
The Changing Same of U.S. History
Two books on the Constitution reflect a vigorous debate about what has changed in the American past—and what hasn’t.
Probation Profiteering Is the New Debtors’ Prison
We must end the widespread practice of funding government budgets by extorting poor people apprehended for minor offenses.
Whose Anthropocene?
Because it hinges on who will accept blame for causing climate change, there’s never been so much at stake in the naming of a geological era.
The Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
A recording of our virtual literary event with three generations of Black women writers.
Radical Movements and Political Power
Today’s social movements are grappling once again with a central challenge for the New Left: how to remedy injustice while maintaining vitality and independence from the political system.
The Radical Promise of Human History
A sweeping new history of humanity upends the story of civilization, inviting us to imagine how our own societies could be radically different.
Making Communities Safe, Without the Police
Effective responses to violence—preventing it, interrupting it, holding people accountable, and helping people heal—already exist. We need to learn from and invest in them.
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