"Reforming government contracting, controlling medical costs, breaking up big-tech, opening the professions to international competition, these sound technocratic, even “pro-market”. But under present levels of stratification, the consequences of these things would be a revolution, whole swathes of society accustomed to status and political enfranchisement would find themselves banished towards a “normal” they used to … Continue reading Predatory Precarity
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We Are Living in a Failed State
"This was the American landscape that lay open to the virus: in prosperous cities, a class of globally connected desk workers dependent on a class of precarious and invisible service workers; in the countryside, decaying communities in revolt against the modern world; on social media, mutual hatred and endless vituperation among different camps; in the … Continue reading We Are Living in a Failed State
Joe Biden and the Problem of Corruption in U.S. Politics
"While Democrats pursue the impeachment of President Donald Trump for pressuring foreign countries to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden, they are left making an argument that is at once true and electorally and ethically compromising: What Trump did — and continues to do — was an impeachable abuse of power, and it should be considered separately … Continue reading Joe Biden and the Problem of Corruption in U.S. Politics
Love for the New Members of Congress
Between Reps. Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, it's hard to decide who's kicking more ass this week. During a House Foreign Affairs committee meeting, Rep. Omar asked Elliott Abrams, the special envoy to Venezuela for President Donald Trump’s administration, the following: "On February 8, 1982, you testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about U.S. … Continue reading Love for the New Members of Congress
Paradise Papers: Secrets of the Global Elite
The key findings of the Paradise Papers (also consider this explainer, if you want more detail): Reveals offshore interests and activities of more than 120 politicians and world leaders, including Queen Elizabeth II, and 13 advisers, major donors and members of U.S. President Donald J. Trump Exposes the tax engineering of more than 100 multinational corporations, including Apple, … Continue reading Paradise Papers: Secrets of the Global Elite
The Story Behind the Chicago Newspaper that Bought a Bar – Topic
"By 1976, reporter Pam Zekman was well-acquainted with the everyday corruption that permeated Chicago. After all, the city was so well-known for shady dealings it birthed its own shorthand: 'Chicago-style politics' was used with frequency to describe boss-style rule and graft in government. Zekman was part of a four-person Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative team at the … Continue reading The Story Behind the Chicago Newspaper that Bought a Bar – Topic
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