Portside

Soul City was a boondoggle—not a story of lost or forgotten roads tragically not taken.

Conventional wisdom says that the rule of the majority is in unavoidable tension with the rights of the minority.

Johnny Depp’s legal team bet that a combination of subliminal shots of nostalgia, meme- and sound bite-friendly details, and Depp being Depp on the witness stand could sway public opinion. They were right.

Despite years of employer attacks, unions still have vast resources at their disposal. This moment of worker upsurge is the time to use those assets to fund aggressive organizing.