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Alex Press on Collective Action to Fight Sexual Harassment
October 27, 2017

The exposure of Weinstein's predations has reignited widespread fury over the longstanding problem of sexual harassment and assault—especially in the workplace. Jacobin editor @alexnpress discusses two new pieces she wrote on how dealing with thes...

Corey Robin: Trump's Reactionary Mind
October 24, 2017

Corey's back to talk conservatism from Burke to Trump

Corey Robin: Trump’s Reactionary Mind
October 24, 2017

@CoreyRobin points to a tension that has defined conservatism from the get-go, between two competing conceptions of virtue and nobility: one defined by political and military distinction and another by entrepreneurial  acumen and accumulated wealth.

Bonus: Ending the War on Drug Dealers
October 23, 2017

Ending the war on drugs means stopping the war on drug dealers too

Bonus: Ending the War on Drug Dealers
October 23, 2017

Dan was on a panel last week on ending the war on drug dealers at the Drug Policy Alliance conference in Atlanta. The panel was moderated by asha bandele and included Daryl Atkinson, Constanza Sánchez Avilé, Lyn Ulbrich, Kemba Smith and Dan.

Let's Elect Left Candidates with Joe Dinkin
October 20, 2017

The Working Families Party on confronting the Democratic establishment

Let’s Elect Left Candidates with Joe Dinkin
October 20, 2017

Since Bernie Sanders's success in the 2016 Democratic primary, much of the Left, from progressive Democrats to socialists, has had its sights set on something we had long at least implicitly assumed was impossible: state power and governing.

We must end policing as we know it with Alex Vitale
October 17, 2017

Technocratic reforms won't fix American policing.

We must end policing as we know it with Alex Vitale
October 17, 2017

In his new book The End of Policing Brooklyn College sociologist @avitale makes the case that technocratic reforms won't fix American policing. In reality, we can only fix policing by ending the carceral state and defeating neoliberalism.

Matt Christman rants, raves, and ruminates
October 11, 2017

It’s the end of the world as we know it and Matt feels conflicted.