Our Unhoused Neighbors? Commentary by Rayna Rusenko I have strong views regarding how the city of Durham treats people experiencing homelessness. I have vocally advocated for HEART and its expansion since 2022, precisely because it…
By Carl Hintz Since the start of April, 15 servers in the dining department at Searstone retirement community in Cary have been on strike. The workers are demanding written confirmation that a former hospitality manager…
for U.S. wars – but the system is cracking By Gary Wilson Dollar hegemony has allowed the United States wage war without economic consequence for decades. But cracks in this system are now appearing. For…
Revisiting permanent revolution in a time of permanent crisis Commentary by Dr. Michael John-Hopkins The current moment is undeniably dangerous. A prolonged conflict in the Middle East is now triggering sustained energy shortages, global recession,…
IMF, World Bank owe reparations to countries of the global south By Jason Hickel, Salmaan Keshavjee, Maxine Burkett, and Eugene T Richardson Introduction Beginning in the 1980s and 1990s, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and…
Commentary by Bappa Sinha The United States’ escalating campaign of export controls, sanctions, and technology denial against China is widely described as a “great power competition” or a “new Cold War.” Such framings obscure the…
An Answer To Monopoly Profiteering By Joel Dodge Last month, the Congressional Progressive Caucus unveiled a “New Affordability Agenda,” a package of policy reforms aimed at addressing voters’ cost-of-living concerns. The agenda includes efforts to…
By Haddy Gassama Despite abhorrent conditions and increasing deaths in ICE detention, the Trump administration’s new warehouse detention system would increase capacity to 96,000 people and undoubtedly lead to continued abuse. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
Anti-Solidarity Strategy By In Defense of Movements (IDOM) Prairieland is not an anomaly, it’s a precedent. The Prairieland trial marked the first case in which the government prosecuted left-wing demonstrators and alleged they are part…
Against Mexico By Pedro Mellado Rodríguez Infamy advances, evolves, has new faces and assumes new perverse strategies in Latin America, which has become a space of dispute against governments that are not aligned with the…