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Police Erupt in Violence Nationwide
2 min read · 479 saves · May 31 · From New York to Los Angeles, police officers escalated the national outrest.
The End of Meat Is Here
6 min read · Paywall possible · 415 saves · May 21 · If you care about the working poor, about racial justice, and about climate change, you have to stop eating animals.
How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
4 min read · 382 saves · Jun 01 · Barack Obama · As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and…
The neoliberal era is ending. What comes next?
20+ min read · Paywall possible · 290 saves · May 14 · In a crisis, what was once unthinkable can suddenly become inevitable. We’re in the middle of the biggest societal shakeup since the second world…
How the cruel moraliser uses a halo to disguise his horns
~14 min read · 164 saves · May 22 · Cruelty and morality seem like polar opposites – until they join forces. Beware those who persecute in the name of principle
From Black Death to fatal flu, past pandemics show why people on the margins suffer most
~12 min read · 134 saves · May 14 · Lizzie Wade · Inequality made historical pandemics ‘worse than they had to be’
Jacinda Ardern flags four-day working week as way to rebuild New Zealand after Covid-19
2 min read · 127 saves · May 20 · Prime minister says flexible working options can boost productivity and domestic tourism and improve work/life balance
The Lessons of the Great Depression
~12 min read · Paywall possible · 102 saves · May 17 · Lizabeth Cohen · In the 1930s, Americans responded to economic calamity by creating a richer and more equitable society. We can do it again.
How La Haine lit a fire under French society
7 min read · 69 saves · May 23 · It was the swaggering black-and-white drama that exposed the cracks in an unequal France. Twenty-five years later, its director Mathieu Kassovitz wonders what has…
Coronavirus Shut Down the ‘Experience Economy.’ Can It Come Back?
6 min read · Paywall possible · 56 saves · May 20 · David Gelles · Large-scale gatherings are on hold for the foreseeable future. That is taking a toll on the live events industry and society at large.