Analysis
Don’t get caught up in the media’s electoral name game
January 4, 2016Don't make the mistake of thinking that who you vote for determines what you fight for. It's not about the person. It's about the people.
Read moreEveryone’s talking about socialism, but what is it?
January 4, 2016Bernie Sanders may or may not win the Democratic presidential nomination, but he has already put socialism into the mainstream political debate in the U.S.
Read moreThe “skills gap” myth: What’s really driving down wages?
December 31, 2015There is an illusion that American workers' economic woes are attributable to their own lack of appropriate skills rather than to concerted efforts on the part of capital to disempower workers.
Read moreRevisiting Baltimore and changing the “racial conversation”
December 31, 2015Does "Black lives matter" ask for something from the dominant culture that would require economic loss or will it mean gains and not losses, morally and economically, for most Americans?
Read moreStraight outta everywhere: Learning to listen in the “racial conversation”
December 29, 2015The white dominant culture is more interested in critiquing the rap music rather than critiquing the conditions to which the music bears witness.
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