Politics
We Should Be Afraid, But Not of Protesters
The rage on display in Minneapolis is not only about police violence. It is also about the country’s utter disregard for the pain of black Americans.
The Minneapolis Uprising in Context
A proper understanding of urban rebellion depends on our ability to interpret it not as a wave of criminality, but as political violence.
The Case Against Mars
Contrary to the boosterism of billionaires, the need for space colonization must be argued for, not assumed. And the arguments aren’t good.
The Murderous Legacy of Cold War Anticommunism
How the Washington-backed Indonesian mass killings of 1965 reshaped global politics, securing a decisive victory for U.S. interests against Third World self-determination.
In Toronto, Google’s Attempt to Privatize Government Fails—For Now
Sidewalk Labs would have turned a large plot of Toronto’s public land into a private lab for data collection. Cities need better digital governance to protect against such attempts.
Sweden’s Relaxed Approach to COVID-19 Isn’t Working
With few restrictions and no tracing of the disease’s spread, the government is relying upon Swedish character and traditions to see it through the pandemic.
Identity Politics and Elite Capture
The wealthy and powerful will take every opportunity to hijack activist energies for their own ends.
Trump, WHO, and Half a Century of Global Health Austerity
Any attempt to revive solidarity between rich and poor nations must begin by recapturing the commitment to social and economic rights on which the World Health Organization was founded.
Hydroxychloroquine and the Political Polarization of Science
How a drug became an object lesson in political tribalism.
We Need a Multiracial, Working-Class Alignment
Populist visions must reckon with the realities of racial capitalism.
Technocracy After COVID-19
Crisis management only blurs ever more the boundary between politics and technical expertise.
The New Politics of Care
The right response to COVID-19 is to rebuild our economy from the ground up, putting people to work in a massive jobs program to secure the public health of all.
COVID-19 Requires More Democracy, Not Less
We must take very seriously the responsibility to judge our leaders’ policies. When they fail us, we must act as leaders ourselves.
New Book: The Right to Be Elected
What might happen if a woman’s right to vote is seen as coequal with her right to be elected? Preorder our Spring 2020 book now.
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