Economic growth is not the metric that should be used to determine if the economic system is functioning for those in said system.
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Capitalism Is Not the Only Choice
We have opportunities every day to build economies that lift each other up and spread joy without the indoctrination of capitalism
Trumpism Didn’t Just Lose – Progressives Won
It wasn’t just Democrats who won this election, but progressives who didn’t shirk the label.
How I Can Offer Reparations in Direct Proportion to My White Privilege
What it looks like to pay for the unearned advantages my whiteness, my white privilege has afforded me throughout my life.
How I Confronted My Own Privilege as a Person of Color
The ongoing discourse over racial injustice in my adopted country has had me thinking of my own upbringing in India. Privilege?
Opioid Addicts Get Compassion. Crack Addicts Get Mass Incarceration
Communities are scrambling to save opioid addicted lives and get people into rehabilitation, but it wasn’t always that way. Remember the response to crack?
Raj Patel on How to Break Away from Capitalism
Understanding the history of the world and our centuries-long drive toward cheapness provides a blueprint for breaking away from capitalism.
Las Vegas Massacre Dispels the Myth of Who’s Most Violent in This Country
While young and non-White people are perceived as more dangerous, middle-aged White people have the highest rates of gun ownership and commit the most violence.
90 Companies Helped Cause the Climate Crisis – They Should Pay for It
The companies responsible for the climate crisis should cover the costs of fighting wildfires and recovering from hurricanes.
It’s Not Too Soon to Talk About the Post-Trump Era
Trump’s éminence grise Steve Bannon was given the boot on Friday and it’s tempting to celebrate this excision of a particularly nasty wart.