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My Visit to Logan Prison

Alan Mills Uptown People's Law Center
Alan Mills, executive director of Uptown People's Law Center (UPLC), shares the stories of several women incarcerated at Logan Prison in Illinois who are members of the plaintiff class in UPLC's recently-settled case challenging the way people with mental illness are treated in Illinois prisons (Rasho v. Baldwin). This essay was originally posted on UPLC's blog.

Can the New Left Govern Europe?

Conn Hallinan Foreign Policy in Focus
After a year of earthshaking victories and devastating setbacks, Europe's new progressive parties are slowly learning how to balance governance with activism.

The Enduring Solidarity of Whiteness

TA-NEHISI COATES The Atlantic
Black poverty is fundamentally distinct from white poverty—and so cannot be addressed without grappling with racism.

Media Bits and Bytes

Portside
Rewriting Bernie's history; Black community loses WWRL; Skills gap; Kids depart social media; Flint fail; Copyright crisis

American Cartel: How America's Two Major Parties Helped Destroy Democracy

Frank Castro Hampton Institute
Remember the age-old question, what do all those with power want? More power. As such, two monopolies have dominated American politics for over 150 years-the Democratic Party, founded in 1828, and the Republican Party, founded in 1854. Together, they form a political cartel, or an association of political parties with the purpose of maintaining concentrated power and restricting or repressing competition.

Why Obama’s Military Aid to Israel is Breaking All Records

Ali Abunimah Electronic Intifada
While the US hasn’t publicly confirmed specifics – which are still being negotiated – an Israeli cabinet minister told Defense News that the Obama package would see US military aid jump to more than $40 billion over the 10-year period beginning in 2018, from the $30 billion in the program that began in 2008.

Markets in the Next System

Jesse A. Myerson The Next System Project
Almost from the very beginning of human history, there were markets.