On the pain and horror concealed beneath cheerful images.

Incarceration is an evil, and it’s unconscionable to do it for the sake of employing people. We need public works projects that uplift people rather than those that increase human suffering.

Members of the press think they’re doing a good job reporting on climate change. They need to read their own publications.

It’s non-negotiable. Writers should refuse to produce uncompensated work, and publications should be shamed when they ask for it.

The radical (but common) right-wing belief that property rights trump all other rights leads inexorably to the destruction of natural wonders.

It’s not about Americans being dumb sheep, but about how billionaires manipulate us into trusting them, how the reckless pursuit of profit can have catastrophic consequences, and the need to come together to fight those who prevent us from solving our problems.

The issue in this case is simple: should foreign citizens who expose criminal wrongdoing by the United States government be forcibly kidnapped, brought to this country, and thrown into a hole for the rest of their lives?

People attach value to all kinds of nonsense. While “NFTs” are not uniquely ridiculous, their rise is an extreme illustration of status anxiety in our grossly unequal economy.