Topics

On 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.

The strengths and limitations of prefigurative politics.

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.

The real question is not whether the government should spend on job creation. It is whether the government has been spending well.

How creating a healthy "ecology of change" can help propel social movements.

The sexist job ads of the 60s are gone, but female-dominated jobs are still vastly undervalued today.

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)

Alex Rivera, director of the new film Sleep Dealer, imagines the future of the Global South.

Can theories of movement cycles equip activists to persevere over the long haul?