Quantifying Incarceration
The numbers on mass incarceration make one thing clear: it is a gigantic machine for entrenching inequality.
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Women and the Nation
In Turkey, nationalist dogma and women's subordination go hand in hand.
Don’t Trust Jeff Bezos — or Rahm Emanuel
The Amazon sweepstakes is about cities valuing tech profiteers more than their residents.
The American Exception
US men's professional soccer is uniquely exclusionary. That might be why they didn't make it to the World Cup.
The Persecution and Vindication of Ron Carey
Ron Carey's story reminds us of how the powerful respond to threats from labor.
The Revolution of 1517
Five hundred years ago today, Martin Luther launched the Reformation, unleashing a revolt against the late medieval order that went far beyond his intentions.
Macron’s Gift to the Rich
Surprise, surprise: Emmanuel Macron's first budget slashes taxes on wealth and guts social spending.
The New Red-Baiting
Establishment pundits like Bret Stephens are trying to revive the Cold War, using the sloppiest of anti-left arguments.
Building a Catalan Republic
Lluc Salellas of the Catalan leftist party CUP discusses the events that led up to Catalonia’s declaration of independence — and what happens next.
The Fight for Free Time
The demand for fewer working hours is about liberation — both individual and collective.
When the Serfs Rebelled
In 1839, a small pocket of feudalism still existed in New York State. Then tenant farmers got organized.
“I’ve Got Your Back, and You’ve Got Mine”
Workers at the Los Angeles Times are unionizing not just to improve their working conditions but to ensure the future of the paper.