Alcohol Is Amazing
Alcohol kills more people each year than wars, terrorism, homicides, and car accidents combined. Why do we cling to something so harmful?
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Epstein List Clues Hidden in Manhattan Townhouse: Forensic Expert Analysis
This analysis reveals how Epstein’s home could have been carefully staged to unsettle, control, and compromise high-profile guests, including politicians, celebrities, and billionaires.
Dear Leftist: Stop Attacking AOC
Common Dreams
We should not do the billionaires’ work of dividing us. They have enough money to do it for themselves.
Trump’s White Nationalism and the Future of History
The New Republic
Being a historian during Trump 2.0 is to witness a renewal of debunked mythologies and outdated ideas made fresh by a state apparatus deeply invested in protecting the historical reputation of whiteness.
Marx in America: The Fourth Boom
Los Angeles Review of Books
Hartman is a Gen X Marxist, pilled by the revolutionary politics of Rage Against the Machine. “Until the freedom of some no longer required the unfreedom of others,” he writes, “Marx would carry on, no matter how ... his enemies try to erase him."
Trump’s Cognitive Decline Is on Full Display
USA Today
Trump thought he was meeting Putin in Russia. He rambled incoherently during a nationally televised news conference. His performance leaves no doubt: the man’s brain has turned to oatmeal. It's time for the press to push back.
How Mass-Based Community Unions Could Transform the Country
The Forge
Over-reliance on outside funding threatens organizations’ long-term stability. Veteran labor organizer, Keith Kelleher, proposes for member-driven “community unions” as a sustainable alternative.
My California
West Coast poet Beau Beausoleil reflects on the momentary beauties which somehow compensate for our everyday sense of exile and displacement.
Trump Is Taking Over D.C. Police Because He’s a Racist Thug
The New Republic
Trump doesn’t care about “crime.” He cares about the right white people being in charge. On his first day in office in 2025, he pardoned 1,500 people convicted of assault and property destruction on January 6.
When Sleeping Is a Crime
The American Prospect
With a new executive order and model state legislation criminalizing homelessness, the richest people in the U.S. are making it easier to lock up the poorest. Today in Washington, DC the order is out - lock up the unhoused.
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