Seventy years old this week, the veteran sage of sustainable agriculture has made a life of stewardship, "staying home," and turning off the computer.
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Past Favorites
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Hijacked Organic, Limited Local, Faulty Fair Trade: What’s a Radical to Eat?
by Mark Englerby Mark EnglerOn the politics of food. -
A wave of disruptive protest fifty years ago helped put women’s liberation on the map—and showcased a radical feminist vision that remains relevant in the age of Trump.
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The strengths and limitations of prefigurative politics.
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Doesn’t supply and demand dictate that new immigrants will steal jobs and drive down wages for U.S. citizens? A leading immigration economist explains why not.
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The real question is not whether the government should spend on job creation. It is whether the government has been spending well.
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How creating a healthy "ecology of change" can help propel social movements.
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The sexist job ads of the 60s are gone, but female-dominated jobs are still vastly undervalued today.
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How Thomas Friedman gets it wrong about globalization. An excerpt from How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy (Nation Books, 2008)
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Alex Rivera, director of the new film Sleep Dealer, imagines the future of the Global South.