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The Politics of Thrillers

Praveen Tummalapalli Current Affairs
Under the slick suits and high tension shootouts, America’s favorite thrillers are hiding something.

When Black Movements Win, Everybody But the 1 Percent Wins

Megan L. Jordan, Joshua Murray, Michael Schwartz & Kevin A. Young, Truthout
The corporate media never challenge the underlying and pernicious myth that anti-racist struggle is a zero-sum game in which the oppressed gain at the expense of other non-elite sectors of the population.

The Knowledge Machine

Stuart Jeffries The Guardian
A fascinating and timely history of how science developed via the achievement of pursuing only observation and experiment (not politics).