How China Stabilizes the World Economy
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How China Stabilizes the World Economy
As the smoke from intensified Middle East conflicts shrouds the Strait of Hormuz in spring 2026, the global economy finds itself teetering on a precarious
Re-Opening Mexico to Fracking Could Lead to More Corporate Lawsuits
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Re-Opening Mexico to Fracking Could Lead to More Corporate Lawsuits
Transnational corporations are heavily pressuring Mexico to open up its energy sector as part of the official review this year of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada
Can Workers Push Back Against Capital’s Devaluation? Dangers Revealed in South Africa
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Can Workers Push Back Against Capital’s Devaluation? Dangers Revealed in South Africa
While the labour movement often seems at its lowest ebb, what Marx identified as capitalism’s main internal contradiction – the overaccumulation of
Architecture of Cities: Mapping Beauty XXXIII
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Architecture of Cities: Mapping Beauty XXXIII
Truthful Fictions Michelangelo gave Rome’s Adam and God life’s gift of an invisible sacrament: The spark of the divine- -the memorably memorable: The
Reclassifying Medical Marijuana was Long Overdue, But It’s Still Not Enough
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Reclassifying Medical Marijuana was Long Overdue, But It’s Still Not Enough
The Trump administration’s decision to reclassify state-authorized medical cannabis products and recognize state-licensed medical cannabis providers is a
US Continues to Blow Up Small Boats: Militarism Normalized in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific
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US Continues to Blow Up Small Boats: Militarism Normalized in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific
A US military strike on May 4 killed two mariners in an alleged “narco boat” campaign which now has a cumulative death toll of at least 188. The pace of
Bigotry is Learned Behavior, Not Innate
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Bigotry is Learned Behavior, Not Innate
Nicholas Ensley Mitchell, a professor of curriculum studies at the University of Kansas begins his book On Bigotry: Twenty Lessons on How Bigotry Works
Not Just an Ally: Radical Feminism for Men
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Not Just an Ally: Radical Feminism for Men
When I was invited to write a chapter on men in feminism for a scholarly book, I told the editors that I would have to include discussion of my writing on
Why Hate Cuba? Especially Its Medical Practices
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Why Hate Cuba? Especially Its Medical Practices
An assault on Cuba needs excuses for hating it. But given that any exchanges between the US and Cuba has been blocked out of the news for decades, it’s a
The Second Global Sumud Flotilla: Israeli Piracy and Abduction on the High Seas
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The Second Global Sumud Flotilla: Israeli Piracy and Abduction on the High Seas
They have become adept flouters of international law. When doing so, they justify such violations with streaky, anaemic interpretations of self-defence
Kerala’s Red Star Still Shines
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Kerala’s Red Star Still Shines
Every five years, the electorate in Kerala goes to the polls to elect a new state government. One of twenty-eight states in India, Kerala has a population
Medicaid Work Requirements: Who Actually Benefits?
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Medicaid Work Requirements: Who Actually Benefits?
Though the official deadline is still months away, on May 1 Nebraska became the first state to implement the Medicaid work requirements that are part of
Using Food as Information to Improve Health and Well-Being
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Using Food as Information to Improve Health and Well-Being
Modern nutrition science has continued to see food through numbers. Calories, macronutrients, ingredient lists, and percent daily values have become
The Perils of Hyperglobalization and a Post-Neoliberal World
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Transcending the Trump Obsession
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Transcending the Trump Obsession
As the Trump administration bulls into its second year, we await a movement that will aggressively challenge and potentially replace it. What we have now
Timothy Snyder’s Imperialist Anti-Trumpism and the Notion of Russian-Inflicted “Superpower Suicide”
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Resistance as Ideology: Iran’s Political Culture of Survival
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Resistance as Ideology: Iran’s Political Culture of Survival
With a history dating back well before the Christian era, the nation known to the West as Persia officially adopted its native name of Iran in 1935.
Blind Eyes at the United Nations While the U.S. Bombs for Nonproliferation
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Blind Eyes at the United Nations While the U.S. Bombs for Nonproliferation
There is deadly irony in the juxtaposition of Trump’s ‘anti-nuclear war’ on Iran, and the ongoing United Nations Review Conference for the Nuclear
Terror on the Mediterranean: Israel’s Abduction of Thiago Ávila and Saif Abu Keshek Exposes the Zionist Project’s True Face, Once Again
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Terror on the Mediterranean: Israel’s Abduction of Thiago Ávila and Saif Abu Keshek Exposes the Zionist Project’s True Face, Once…
On April 30th Israeli commandos committed an act of state terrosim in international waters off the coast of Crete — more than a thousand kilometers from
Is Chinese AI the Remedy to Inequality?
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Is Chinese AI the Remedy to Inequality?
The world is leaning on China a lot these days as a counterweight to the lunacy of Donald Trump. No one has illusions that China and its leader, Xi