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Capital Has No Borders—Why Should We?

Maurizio Guerrero In These Times
Precarious immigration status creates an exploitable labor force, allowing bosses to drive down wages for everyone. Inside the labor case for open borders.

Why Do Domestic Food Prices Keep Going Up When Global Prices Fall?

C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh network ideas.oeg
Rise in food prices can be traced to profiteering by large international agribusinesses and financial speculation in food commodity futures. Countries need domestic food sovereignty, regional arrangements to ensure supply, and volatility controls.

Sonya Massey’s Killing Argues for Unarmed Response

Tahir Duckett The New York Times
Alternative response programs, in which unarmed civilians, instead of armed officers, are being dispatched to respond to thousands of calls for service could prevent numerous police killings.

The One Thing Veep Captures Better Than Any Other Political Show

Whizy Kim Vox
The year is 2023. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who played VP Selina Meyer on the 2010s HBO comedy series Veep, visits the White House to meet President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. “Veep!” “Veep!” the two women greet one another.

Manchin’s Last Gasp

Bill McKibben The Crucial Years
Stop Big Oil's effort to use this lovely moment to lock in world-breaking LNG export levels

Joseph E. Stiglitz: The Road to Freedom

Joseph E. Stiglitz Project Syndicate
Reimaging our existing economic and legal systems and embracing forms of collective action, including regulation and investment, if we are to create an innovative society in which everyone can flourish.