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A refusal to assess damage is tantamount to caring only that a bombing occurs rather than what or whom it kills.
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Against Fear
Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...
The Anatomy of Liberal Melancholy
April 25, 2017
In a moment that cries out for new approaches to economics and politics, liberalism regresses to a simpler time.
A Typical Wall Street Republican
Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...
The Wave of the Future
Episode 4: The British election, the French election, and the strange rise of fascism among the youth.
Daily Bafflements
April 21, 2017
• Today in tech: Elon Musk engages in some “consensual telepathy.”
• The Juicegate saga continues. In case you haven’t been keeping up with the story of the century, the company that produces a $400 juicer called Juicero has been taking some flack ...
The Sound and the “Furious”
In the land of the Fast, it never pays to focus on the details.
No Time for a Negative Peace
April 20, 2017
The failures of the South African opposition teach us that institutional centrism can never beat back the far right.
Burn It Down
Episode 9: Corey Pein discusses Planet Earth II and talks to Adrian Bonenberger about his essay on arming the left.
Stupid, Brutal World
Brian Williams is a moron. Let’s just acknowledge that from the start. But let’s also acknowledge that he’s not, by any means, a historically unique moron.
A New Agenda in Jackson, Mississippi
Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...
Daily Bafflements
April 17, 2017
• Bafflerites in D.C.! Come and join Barbara Ehrenreich, Rafia Zakaria, Dean Baker, and Hussein Ibish for a Tax Day appraisal of the Age of Trump so far. It’s free, and there will be drinks.
• Since Rep. Steve King is tweeting his endorsement of Hungary’s far-right ...