Discussions of privilege have become ubiquitous, and Peggy McIntosh’s 1988 talk has something to do with this. But there are strange contradictions in the chronology of her account of how her views changed. What did she believe earlier? We look at the evidence.
Read more...Privilege has gone from an idea discussed by a few activists to an entirely mainstream concept enjoying great respect. How does the idea actually work out in practice? What is its history? The focus is on the seminal work of Peggy McIntosh.
Read more...Identifying the driving forces behind historical witch hunts and assessing their relevance to today.
Read more...A conversation with Chris Hedges about his apocalyptic new book America: The Farewell Tour (Simon & Schuster, August 2018).
Read more...Co-ops can and do create more cooperation, which in turn can reform capitalism.
Read more...A new book seeks to simultaneously situate Douglass among his contemporaries and the political challenges of today.
Read more...On the importance of a dog as a friend.
Read more...Why Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court would be very bad news.
Read more...Is the problem with the economy the amount of stultifying work, or that too much work is really about more and more aggressive competition for income?
Read more...Why shareholders are getting a raw deal out of the misguided corporate fixation on “maximizing shareholder value,” and Elizabeth Warren’s new bill is therefore good for them.
Read more...A new report examines the path to global social progress. Unfortunately, there are no easy answers.
Read more...Progressives are waking up to the fact that most unions are not on their side.
Read more...Debunking American exceptionalism on a pet obsession: the ability to get rich.
Read more...Inequality creates the social and political divisions that isolate us from each other.
Read more...Is Thomas Frank really puzzled about the feckless Dems? Or is he still hoping they might change their stripes?
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