A YIMBY and a “Left NIMBY” Duke it Out
A conversation with housing activist Darrell Owens of CA YIMBY reveals that the terms NIMBY and YIMBY might not mean what you think.
If NATO Opposes Aggression, Why Does it Support Turkish Crimes Against the Kurds?
Why is NATO member Turkey allowed to get away with the very crimes we condemn in Ukraine?
The Majority of Americans Do Not Support Right-Wing Extremism
The midterm election results show hope that Trumpism can be defeated and that the Republican seizure of the country’s political apparatus is not inevitable.
Weird Vibes at the Ballot Box
How the writings of pioneering counterculture journalist Hunter S. Thompson exposed the grotesque circus of American politics—and can broaden our vision of the possible.
Manufacturing Consent and the Case of Satan
How do we know everything we’ve heard about the guy is true? What if we’ve got the whole story backwards?
What Will Artificial Intelligence Do To Us?
Computers are able to do terrifyingly impressive things, with more to come. What does this mean for work? For art? For the future of the species?
How Is Slavery Still Legal?
It is disturbing that there is even any debate about this. But even some Democrats have supported keeping forced labor legal.
The Right Can Be Defeated
Lula’s victory in Brazil is a great day for both democracy and the climate. But we can also see how powerful the far right is, and how much of what we care about hangs by a thread.