Murder often functions as a cultural Rorschach test: the narratives we tell about why people kill often reveal more about ourselves than the killers. The day before Halloween, 21-year-old Isaiah Marin…
Why does Hollywood keep distorting history to portray exceptional individuals rescuing America from collective problems?
A number of acclaimed films focusing on the life of Abraham Lincoln, slavery, and the Civil War have distorted historical reality to suggest that exceptional individuals– and not social movements–are are responsible for progressive social change.
Seventy years after the Right embraced von Hayek’s manifesto, does Piketty’s rock-star reception portend a new revolution?
The response to Piketty from liberal audiences indicates a longing to bring economic questions into political debate in ways that reflect their centrality to our lives.
When NAFTA was passed two decades ago, its boosters promised it would bring “First World” status for the Mexican people. Instead, it prompted a great migration north.
When Austerity Opens Cages, Where Do the Services Go?
Neoliberal policies that result in institutional closures carry a cost, too. Could communities seize the moment to redirect resources toward self-determination and liberation?
As White supremacists shifted tactics in response to mass social movements, they needed a mass electoral base. Neoliberals helped build it for them—and colorblindness helped wipe out some inconvenient historical truths.