In an exclusive in-person interview, David Sirota grills Graham Platner on whether to engage the right or draw a hard line.
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Displacement … is not the only problem: the identity politics model of recognition tends also to reify identity. Stressing the need to elaborate and display an authentic, self-affirming and self-generated collective identity, it puts moral pressure on individual members to conform to a given group culture. Cultural dissidence and experimentation are accordingly discouraged, when they […]
“We spoke with voters who cast their ballots for Mr. Trump and said they were disappointed with his second term. A few said they even regretted their votes.”
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MODERATOR: In one or two words, finish this sentence: “I’m feeling ‘blank’ about the Empire these days, now that the galactic superweapon I willingly supported hovers overhead.”
The sense that a dead person is still with us is both eerie and common: can we find a naturalistic explanation for it?
- by Alicja Nowacka
The income and wealth inequality that continues to grow in most advanced nations has led to some new terminology being introduced into the lexicon of economic terms, the – K-shaped economy: When growth moves in two different directions. When this pattern of growth is identified you know how far out of kilter the world has…
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 03, 2026 by Tony Wikrent War War, El Niño, Pestilence, and Famine: The Coming Shock to Global Food Supplies Craig Tindale [via Naked Capitalism 04-27-2025] Why Iran’s Oil Infrastructure Is Not Exploding Like Trump Said It Would Murtaza Hussain, May 01, 2026 [Drop Site News] […]
A new Democratic political machine, the forgotten story behind Trump’s war powers, and more from The Lever this week.
Showrunner Russell T. Davies shared his reaction to seeing this weekend's SNL UK - including that Doctor Who sketch - live in-studio.
There’s a really simple way of ensuring that politics belongs to the people, not to the ultra-rich. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 30th April 2026 How do we know whether political funding is corrupt? Mostly, we don’t. A plutocrat delivers a sack of cash to a political party. A few weeks later, it […]
I’m planning an affordable housing and homelessness study tour of Amsterdam and Rotterdam for February 2027. More info is available here: https://nickfalvo.ca/study-tours-2/
Marijuana scores a milestone, private equity gets iced out, journalists take to the skies, and immigrants win right to sanctuary.
While discussing the recovered episodes, Doctor Who Showrunner Russell T. Davies shared why he hopes the Christmas Special goes spoiler-free.
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The ichthyosaurs had some tremendous survival skills
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Peter Raven, the transformative conservationist and father of “coevolution,” passed away this week
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After throwing their support behind Gov. Janet Mills, party leaders are left doing an about-face on the insurgent candidate.
The post Graham Platner Handed Centrist Dems a Bruising Defeat in Maine appeared first on The Intercept.
We know they’re there, we just don’t know how deep they are
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A conversation with renowned neuroscientists Lisa Feldman Barrett and Earl Miller about categories, “folk psychology,” beginner’s mind, and thinking fast and slow
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