Democratic self-governance — for Detroit citizens, it’s an apparent luxury, not an inviolable right.

Alex Gourevitch had not one, but two exemplary contributions to the skirmish du jour, the characteristics and politics of “post-work.”

The American Prospect’s Jamelle Bouie comments on the enormous wealth chasm between whites and blacks.

Sexuality and struggle in the Brazilian women’s movement, an excerpt from Emma Sokoloff-Rubin’s new book.

A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities again highlights the stinginess of our inhumane welfare system.

We all know workers are getting the shaft, but how small is labor’s piece of the pie? Fred Magdoff and John Bellamy Foster do some quantifying.

The Guardian’s transcript of Bradley Manning’s lengthy, stirring statement, which he read this week at a pre-trial hearing.

Have some extra time on your hands? Read Adolph Reed’s perceptive-if-prolix essay on cultural politics.

From the MIA: In a speech to parliament just a few years before he was deposed in a US-backed coup, Chilean President Salvador Allende announced his commitment to a peaceful road to socialism; post-putsch, Ralph Miliband analyzed the coup’s implications for socialist transitions.

James Baldwin eviscerates William F. Buckley in a 1965 debate at Cambridge University.