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Leading economists' misdiagnosis of inflation in 2021-22 was the latest episode in a long-running series of failures. Either mainstream economists need to re-examine their core beliefs, or the profession needs a new mainstream.

Some bonobos are challenging the notion that humans are the only primates capable of group-to-group alliances.

Locking people up in mental health facilities doesn’t automatically cure them. And considering mentally ill people are far more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators of violence, it does not adequately address the mass shooting crisis.

Nine Maryland Senators from the Montgomery County County Council have been threatening to cut funding to CASA because of a pro-Palestinian tweet (since withdrawn). Below is a statement from Maryland ACLU and two open letters suporting CASA.

This community-developed plan could serve as a model for how to simultaneously decarcerate and decarbonize.

Massachusetts’ coldest days not nearly so cold.

As with the best science fiction, Lem’s novel “The Invincible” has as much to teach us about our present situations as any futures we may face.

A Palestinian historian explores the history, meaning and intent of the scrutinized slogan

In the 2022 elections, the mainstream media’s lodestar was polling that made it seem like voters didn’t want to hear any more about Trump and January 6th. Tuesday’s election returns confirmed a different anti-MAGA reality.

There is unquestionably a new force undergirding the labor market: a new class consciousness. But leaving neoliberalism behind will require sustained collective action among millions of unorganized workers.