Another Sign of Social Decay: Seniors Alone, Unable to Care for Themselves
More grim facts about seniors show the costs of weakened social bonds and communities.
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Psychologist Explains Why Economists—and Liberals—Get Human Nature Wrong
Why moral psychology can help us see ourselves and each other more clearly than economists’ homo economicus.
Read more...Developing Countries Showing America Up
America isn’t a very comfortable place.
Read more...Stunning Sinn Féin Win Upends Ireland Politics
Sinn Féin is on its way to shaking up Ireland.
Read more...A Socialism Equal to the World
Now that “socialism” is an acceptable word to use in conversation, what should socialists and their potential allies seek?
Read more...Sanders Called JPMorgan’s CEO America’s ‘Biggest Corporate Socialist’ – Here’s Why He Has a Point
As Sanders becomes a formidable 2020 contender, demonizing socialism is back in style.
Read more...Ponzi Schemer Bernie Madoff Asks to Be Released From Prison Under “Compassionate Release,” Igniting Debate Over Fairness
Pondering Madoff’s petition to be freed and the general question of compassionate release programs.
Read more...Corporate Counter-Mobilization: Uber and Deliveroo’s ‘Charter of Good Work’ Is Nothing but Fairwashing
Uber and other gig economy employers: “Let them eat a charter.”
Read more...Anti-Abortion Laws: A War Against Poor Women
Abortion as a class issue.
Read more...A New Type of Conflict: France’s Ongoing Struggle for Pensions
The French strike over pensions has gone on longer than any other, even in 1968, has 60% support….yet the press barely covers it.
Read more...US Firearm Related Mortality
Firearm death rates are up on a broad basis in the US, and no one yet seems to know why.
Read more...Desperation Hidden in Plain Sight: Coastal Edition
Reports of desperation from what some might consider unlikely quarters: the Pacific Northwest.
Read more...Is Secondhand Screen Time the New Secondhand Smoking?
Internet screen use starts early, and there’s ample evidence that it isnt healthy for young brains. But what if anything should be done?
Read more...Precarity: A Political Problem
‘Free market’ advocates claim that the rise of precarity was inevitable, as opposed to the result of political decisions.
Read more...Thoughts on Warren, Sanders and the Convention: Warren’s Choice?
Unpacking the implications of the Warren attack on Sanders.
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