Last week, when I reviewed Sven Beckert's Empire of Cotton, one of the key points I hoped I made was how Beckert connects the exploitation of cotton upon the peoples.
Haven't done one of these in a few weeks. Here's some interesting articles, album reviews, and tidbits. Country music humor is almost universally terrible as comedy, from "Uncle Josh" routines.
Because it is so despised by right-wingers, there's a temptation to defend Common Core education standards. But as with so much of the education reformers' agenda, in practice it is.
Interesting developments in Chinese clean energy, which is of course of vital importance for the future of the planet, not to mention the health of the Chinese people. China’s order.
OK, this is a little Slate-pitchy. But is it wrong? That's unclear. But as often happens when we remember the dead, nearly all of these celebrations and tributes fail to.
How do you create greater economic justice in Washington, DC? Raise the minimum wage to $15: Raising the minimum wage in the District from $11.50 to $15 an hour could.
Not only is the United States's suicide rate rising, but other wealthy nations as well. From 1999 to 2014, the suicide rate rose by 24%. The numbers are adjusted to.
Quite the irony in the Caribbean: Two Caribbean islands are at a crossroads in their relationship with the US. One is plagued by corruption and debt, and dotted with crumbling.
