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The Supreme Court Vacancy and Labor: Merrick Garland

Hannah Belitz On Labor
An analysis focusing on his opinions in cases involving the NLRB reveals one particular theme: agency deference. This deference to the NLRB has had favorable consequences for labor and unions.

'What Would Thoreau Do?' Community Builds Replica of Walden Pond Cabin to Block Pipeline

Nika Knight Common Dreams
The natural gas pipeline has been fiercely opposed by local residents of the Berkshires, a region renowned for its natural beauty. The nearly $5 billion pipeline project would run through Ashfield, Conway, Shelburne, Deerfield, Montague, Erving, Northfield, and Warwick, The Recorder reported, where "there are wetlands, rivers, springs, farms and forests."

The Survival of the Paris Commune

Kristin Ross and Jerome Roos Roar Magazine
Kristin Ross is Professor of Comparative Literature at New York University. Her recent book, Communal Luxury: The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune (Verso, 2015), is a masterful study of the ideas and aspirations driving the historic revolt. ROAR editor Jerome Roos spoke to her about the Commune's legacy, its impact on 19th century radical thought, and the revival of the communal imaginary in our times.

Economica

Tony Hoagland Verse Daily
Poet Tony Hoagland skims the skin of everyday capitalism for the rich and the poor.

Toddlers Kill More People in the US Than Terrorists Do

Lindy West The Guardian
Last week, a Florida gun rights activist was shot in the back by her four-year-old son. How much longer will we keep participating in the collective lie that deadly weapons keep us safe?

P.T. Barnum with Malevolence (Yes, We’re Talking About Donald Trump)

Peter Eisenstadt and Robert W. Snyder History News Network
Trump is P.T. Barnum with malevolence. People know on some level that they are being fooled. Nevertheless, they enjoy the anger, the bombast, the exaggeration, the canned and phony “honesty.” Trump has long operated in an arena in which most people don’t really believe what he is saying, and most people don’t care.