Want to Fix Public Health? Stop Thinking Like a Doctor.
By Eric Reinhart A changing of the guard in US public health is impending—and, with it, a chance to rejuvenate a flailing field. Anthony Fauci has retired in the shadow of one of the worst…
May 2023
A 12-Week Ban on Abortions Means More Women Will Die
Opinion By Dr. Beverly Gray and Dr. Jonas Swartz Esse quam videri. Our state motto — “To be, rather than to seem” — should encapsulate the values of North Carolinians. We should stand for truth,…
How We Win
A summary of George Lakey’s guide to non-violent, direct-action campaigning By Carl Hintz How We Win, by George Lakey, is an activists’ manual of how to run successful nonviolent direct-action campaigns in polarized times. Direct…
Eight Lessons from Bernie Sanders’s New Book
Bernie is angry about capitalism. You should be too. By Yaseen Al-Sheikh It’s an exciting and frustrating time to be a socialist in the United States of America. On the one hand, the two presidential…
There Is No Upside
A comprehensive look at what’s wrong with school vouchers By Josh Cowen What if I told you there is a policy idea in education that, when implemented to its full extent, caused some of the…
Clarence Thomas Is the Most Corrupt of an Extremely Corrupt Supreme Court
By Branko Marcetic A bombshell new report reveals just how extensively Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas has allowed billionaire interests to buy him favors. But he’s far from the only one on the powerful court…
Universal Public Services
Decommodifying survival By Jason Hickel One of the central insights emerging from research on degrowth and climate mitigation is that universal public services are crucial to a just and effective transition. Capitalism relies on maintaining…
End-to-End Internet
Commentary by Cory Doctorow The internet succeeded where other networks failed. Where there were once many nets – cable, phone, leased-line – now there is just The Net, which runs over many of the same…
The Dollar Store Invasion
By Stacy Mitchell, Kennedy Smith and Susan Holmberg Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar are targeting vulnerable communities, opening stores at a breakneck pace in urban and rural areas alike. It’s tempting to assume…
GOP Filibuster Blocks Equal Rights Amendment
By Jessica Corbett On April 6, Equal Rights Amendment supporters slammed the vast majority of U.S. Senate Republicans for filibustering a resolution that would make the 100-year-old measure the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. The…