Social justice

Unending Struggle

by Thomas Chatterton Williams,

In 1974, a pair of scientists who would go on to win the Nobel Prize published a paper demonstrating that the chlorofluorocarbons used in aerosol sprays and refrigerators were harming…

The Letter and Its Discontents

by Christopher Beha,

On July 7, we published on our website an open letter signed by more than one hundred and fifty prominent writers, artists, and scholars. “The free exchange of information and…

On Justice and Open Debate

by Harper’s Magazine,

We Shall Not Be Moved

by Audrea Lim,

Collective ownership gives power back to poor farmers

On Courage

by Kevin Baker,

As of this writing, we are still about three months away from the first vote of the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination—and already “our side” seems set to tear…

A wicked cheat

by Gustav Peebles,

ATMs and the neo-feudal economy

An eye for an eye

by Earl Shorris,

Reflections on equality

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