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Alex Press on Collective Action to Fight Sexual Harassment
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
Corey's back to talk conservatism from Burke to Trump
Corey Robin: Trump’s Reactionary Mind
@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
Ending the war on drugs means stopping the war on drug dealers too
Bonus: Ending the War on Drug Dealers
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
The Working Families Party on confronting the Democratic establishment
Let’s Elect Left Candidates with Joe Dinkin
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
Technocratic reforms won't fix American policing.
We must end policing as we know it with Alex Vitale
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
It’s the end of the world as we know it and Matt feels conflicted.