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Pack the Supreme Court

Mehdi Hasan Mehdi Hasan
It’s past time to consider court packing: When they next have control of the House, the Senate, and the White House, Democrats should add at least two new seats to the Supreme Court and then fill them, with left-wing, well-qualified woman.

The Exaggerated Death of American Socialism

Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones Portside
It turns out that socialism has been a major theme in American discourse. This essay is based on The American Left: Its Impact on Politics and Society since 1900 (Edinburgh University Press)

Wendell Berry’s Right Kind of Farming

Gracy Olmstead The New York Times
Agricultural choices must be made by these inescapable standards: the ecological health of the farm and the economic health of the farmer.

State workers in Connecticut Loyal to Unions Despite Right to End Dues

Dan Haar Connecticut Post
In Connecticut, the good news is that anti-labor Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court decision won’t break the unions, which uphold the middle class at a time when the share of income going to the top 1 percent has doubled in barely more than a generation.

How to Raise Crickets for Food

Brian Barth Modern Farmer
If you don’t want to eat crickets, any chickens, ducks, turkeys, or pigs in your life will happily chow down
Crickets and other insects are a vastly more sustainable form of protein than livestock as well as an ideal protein source for urban homesteaders.

Two-State Hypocrisy

Mohamed Mohamed Electronic Intifada
Zionist youth demonstration
One might ask, what is the problem with a two-state solution, if it will lead to peace between Palestinians and Israelis?