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We Need To Move Beyond Robot Doomerism

David Moscrop Convergence
“The robots are coming” needn't be understood as heralding the apocalypse. An automated society in which states and worker-owned enterprises use technology to serve public ends while meeting individual needs is entirely consistent with the good life.

The Woman Who Hid 600 Recipes From SS Officers

Eva Moreimi Jewish Food Society
In the memoir, "Hidden Recipes," Eva Moreimi recounts how her mother, Ilona Kellner, while a prisoner at Buchanwald, collected more than 600 recipes, which she hid from the guards in a small pouch in her coat.

The Dismantling of Black Studies

Jafari Sinclaire Allen The Nation
Everyone committed to democracy, intellectual freedom, and the rule of law should be alarmed at what is happening—and prepared to act.

Opera in Ragged Times

Larry Wolff The New York Review of Books
Scott Joplin’s luminous musical parable on the evils of ignorance is uncannily attuned to the present moment.

Why Capitalism’s Origins Matter

Arron Reza Merat Convergence
A new book defends a Marxist theory of the origins of capitalism. Along the way it shows why understanding the transition from feudalism can help us make sense of the present.