White Nationalism’s Appeal Runs Deeper Than Partisan Politics

Patrick Egan, James Bisbee, Joshua A. Tucker The Conversation
Those who seek to understand and address this critical development must reckon with the broad structural shifts that have reshaped Americans’ identities, social relations and sense of economic security

Bob Dylan | A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall

The intended meaning of this classic -- if any -- is obscure, but the lasting impact of its brooding sense of impending catastrophe, or righteous settlement of debts, is huge. Many questions about tomorrow, and no clear answers.

The Corruption at Starlink Is Shocking

The U.S. was supposed to spend $40 billion to build internet in rural America, then Elon Musk got a huge chunk of that money redirected to Starlink.

Anthropic IPO Documents AI Risks

Anthropic’s leaked prospectus offers a fascinating glimpse into the transition to corporate adulthood, because little AI is growing up, and adulthood comes with bills, lawyers, insurers, customers and consequences.

Pete Hegseth Purges Weirdos and Wimps

Pete Hegseth gets the Pentagon in line with God, and appoints a very strange new Holy Trinity. Plus, Donald Trump invents a new stereotype to mark Hispanic Heritage Month. 

It’s Time To Boycott Starbucks

Lisa Watson Inequality.org
Organizers with Starbucks Workers United have been trying to get a contract finalized for five years. Enough is enough.

[to be crippled means to be institutionalized]

Jennifer Bartlett
Connotation. Denotation. Few words have as many meanings as the word "cripple." Poet Jennifer Bartlett, a longtime disability justice activist, unpacks some of them for us.

The Dilemmas of Socialist Governance of a Capitalist State

Max Elbaum Convergence
Socialists aren’t anywhere near powerful enough to overcome capitalism, but are now a force to be reckoned with in mass politics. This opportunity requires wrestling with the challenges of governing under capitalism rather than relying on old dogmas