What Can We Do With the Right’s Delight in Pain?
Right-wing authoritarianism lures people away from the promise of democracy, peace, and equality toward destructive violence by offering one key appeal: pleasure in harming other people.
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Kenya’s Gen Z Protest Movement Is Preparing to Govern
In June, a series of protests led by young people and others frustrated with regressive tax reforms and police brutality swept Kenya. Its Left Alliance played a role in organizing these protests, and now it is getting ready to win electoral power.
Yes, Private Employers Can Violate Your Free Speech Rights
In response to Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, Republicans are arguing that an employer has every right to fire employees for speech it doesn’t like. This is a deeply impoverished idea of basic democratic rights like freedom of speech.
Flight Attendants Decisively Rejected Air Canada’s Pay Offer
Earlier this month, flight attendants at Air Canada rejected a proposed tentative agreement by a resounding 99.1%. It was the latest act of defiance by the 10,000 flight attendants at the airline, who illegally struck in August.
France Is in the Streets and Deep in Political Crisis
President Emmanuel Macron last week appointed France’s fifth prime minister since the start of 2024. This Thursday’s mass strike suggests that his gambit has done little to settle the country’s political crisis.
The Road Beyond Social Democracy
What would it take to go from reforms within the capitalist system to a democratic socialist society?
For Struggling Workers, Appeals to Democracy Aren’t Enough
After decades of rising inequality and stagnant wages for workers, a large majority of people in the US now reject belief in the American dream. These voters won’t be won over by calls to defend a democracy they feel has let them down.
This Health Records Giant Is Undermining Your Privacy Rights
Epic Systems, the largest electronic health records company in the US, is pushing users of its ubiquitous online health portal MyChart to sign away their rights to sue the company if it mishandles their sensitive information.
The AI Revolution Might Be Running Out of Steam
Despite massive investment and grand promises, AI companies are struggling to deliver returns. The bubble may be deflating, but like the dot-com crash, the aftermath could consolidate power in the hands of tech giants.
Cuba Is Breaking New Ground in Developing Drug Treatments
Cuba has developed its own infrastructure for producing medical treatments that has a remarkable track record despite the US blockade and other material constraints. One new drug has the potential to alleviate the symptoms of Alzheimer’s.
Abraham Lincoln Knew Violence Must Be Addressed at the Root
Abraham Lincoln is often invoked in calls for civility and reconciliation across the partisan divide. But Lincoln himself understood that such reconciliation was impossible in his own time until justice had been served and slavery abolished.
Jimmy Kimmel’s Cancellation Is Peak Hypocrisy
After campaigning on ending censorship and cancel culture, Donald Trump is making the list of things you're not allowed to say in America longer and longer. ABC’s cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show signals that not even comedians are safe.