Arguably capitalism's greatest feat in the last century is the almost complete separation of production from consumption. Modern Americans rarely see where anything is produced, whether food or consumer goods. This is an intentional move by corporations to shelter themselves from pressures to produce goods...
Author: Erik Loomis
If there's one thing the state of Illinois needs, it's another centrist insider Democrat running for high office on a position of tearing down the good life for working-class people..
Shortly after midnight on June 12, 1963, NAACP leader Medgar Evers was assassinated in front of his home by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith. Today marks the 50th anniversary.
This is a guest post by Jacob Remes, who is assistant professor and mentor at SUNY Empire State College, where he teaches public affairs and history. His book, Disaster Citizenship: Urban Disasters and the Formation of the North American Progressive State, is forthcoming from the...
I've linked to articles before connecting the protection of people from lead poisoning through environmental regulations and drops in crime over the last few decades. Here is a scientific study.
Although I like "the right to work a man to death" better because it was generated by workers themselves, calling right to work "the most dishonest words in American politics".
Media Matters: Over Five Weeks, Network And CNN Sunday Shows Combine For Just Half An Hour Of Economic Coverage. Since May 12, Sunday morning political talk shows on the major broadcast networks and on CNN have devoted less than 36 minutes to coverage of economic...
Given people's intensity over this issue, I'm probably going to be annoyed by the response to this. But while all the NSA stuff and destruction of privacy is in fact.
Ari Berman with an excellent article on John Lewis and how the Supreme Court's likely overturning of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is a national repudiation of what.
I've read a few pieces like this one, documenting the sudden spike in home prices and the rush to buy with all-cash purchases. What the linked article does less well than some others is to explore how much this new bubble is being pushed by...
A good comment on the federal disavowal of the wolf reintroduction program that brought wolves back from the brink of the extinction in the Lower 48: In Idaho, hunters and.
As I mentioned in yesterday's post on the Paterson strike pageant, I was moderating a panel of really first-rate historians on the anniversary of the strike. I am going to.