The Secret to Baltimore’s Extraordinary Year

Rebecca Crosby and Noel Sims Popular Information
Baltimore has fought violent crime not only through policing but through programs that provide support for housing, career development, and education. These approaches are derided as "woke." A better word to describe its holistic strategy: effective.

Independents Drive Trump’s Approval to 37%

Megan Brenan Gallup
Trump closes out the second quarter of his second term in office having accomplished much of what he said he would do if elected. Yet, outside of his Republican base, relatively few Americans are pleased with his performance.

For an Eco-Communist Approach

Esteban Mercatante and Federico Fuentes Socialist Project
An Alternative to Degrowth and ‘Luxury’ Communism

Trades Unions Are Split in Their Response to Trump

Natascha Elena Uhlmann and Keith Brower Brown Convergence
The Trump administration is attacking jobs and wages in the building trades, as well as the rights of immigrant workers. Building trades unions have been divided over whether to try to curry favor with the president or confront the attacks head-on.

Night Owl

Patrick Daly
California poet Patrick Daly reflects on the reach, and limits, of the imagination, where nature, art and politics intertwine in often disturbing ways.