The New Loan Sharks
The dependence of the poor on payday loans is neither natural nor inevitable. It is the result of neoliberal policies.
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Nature’s Metropolis
Experiments in design promise a better future for everyone, but only if they come with emancipatory politics to boot.
A Union of One
The Freelancers Union treats workers like consumers of the services they provide. It doesn't deserve to be called a union.
Fanfare Without the Fans
The luxury suites in modern stadiums are reminders that capitalist society values elite consumption over public enjoyment.
Disrupting Apartheid
A conversation with Lara Kiswani about Block the Boat and the BDS movement.
Moneyball
The World Series is in full swing, powered by the hidden labor of Costa Rican workers.
“I Don’t Want to See My People Die”
Independence leader Benny Wenda discusses the struggle against “secret genocide” in West Papua.
Invisible No More
Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution hasn’t established socialism. But it has brought the poor into public life.
Our Friends in Riyadh
The United States is allies with Saudi Arabia not in spite of the country’s authoritarian political order, but because of it.
The Future of the Umbrella Revolution
What's next for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement?
Of Collaborators and Careerists
Careerism has its own moralism, serving as an anesthetic against competing moral claims.
Punitive Schooling
The education reform movement has brought “broken windows” policing into the classroom.