What The World Looks Like to the Super-Wealthy
Michael Mechanic, who has studied the lives of the super-rich, talks about strange bubble inhabited by the 1%.
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How Labor Movement Can Win at the Bargaining Table
Two leading experts explain how unions can fight back against dirty tricks by management.
How Privatization Robs Us of Our Most Precious Assets
Journalist Donald Cohen on how turning public goods over to private companies is a terrible idea that causes us to have to pay for things we already own.
How the US Fueled the Spread of Islamophobia Around the World
Khaled Beydoun explains how Islamophobia in many parts of the world was worsened by the U.S. “war on terror.”
Lessons in Organizing from The Young Lords
Historian of social movements Johanna Fernández explains what we can learn from the Puerto Rican counterpart to the Black Panther Party.
Nomi Prins Explains the Difference Between the Market and the Economy
The financial expert and author of “Permanent Distortion” gives insight into the real ways that money moves.
A Contentious Encounter With the Architect of the Right’s Attack on ‘Critical Race Theory’
Christopher Rufo and Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson clash over whether there is a pernicious leftist “American cultural revolution.”
What Can Minimalism Do For Us?
From Thoreau to Marie Kondo, there have periodically been movements encouraging us to make do with less. Is this a healthy rejection of consumerism or a demand for bleak austerity?