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The Scam of Pragmatism: An Origin Story of ‘Just the Way It Is’

The Scam of Pragmatism: An Origin Story of ‘Just the Way It Is’

Jonathan Kadmon

The past never truly stays where it belongs. Even when the truth is carefully scrubbed from our understanding of history, its spores disperse through time to seep into the firmament like a persistent black mold poisoning the air we breathe.
Liberal Civility is Counterrevolutionary

Liberal Civility is Counterrevolutionary

Tom Ramirez

The liberal’s aversion to violence is not moral and universal. They support state-sanctioned violence, propagating war and police brutality.
Shoring Up the Green Party

Shoring Up the Green Party

Warren Mosler

Many people are hopeful at the prospect of a 3rd party in US politics, but without a shift from current neoliberal austerity policies and outdated gold standard thinking, there can be no real change.
Beware False Quotes

Beware False Quotes

Birrion Sondahl

Just because it’s on the internet, doesn’t mean it’s true.
Blood Money: Student Debt Then And Now

Blood Money: Student Debt Then And Now

Karen Caligiuri

While today’s college lending system may not begin with death… in the United States, the high cost of a college education can have deadly consequences.
The Rotating Hans Grubers of the Debt Ceiling Debate

The Rotating Hans Grubers of the Debt Ceiling Debate

Karen Caligiuri

As this current installment of the debt ceiling franchise draws to an unsatisfactory close — let us vow to make this our last debt ceiling showdown.
SVB: It’s a Wonderful Lie

SVB: It’s a Wonderful Lie

Roger Gest

So, who is responsible for this fiasco? Or for the last one? Or the next?  Any reasonable person can see that the present system is untenable.
The Price of Hunger

The Price of Hunger

Karen Caligiuri

Inadequate access to nutrition is a problem Americans can solve. It’s time to shut down the false narratives about pay-fors that keep solutions out of reach.
It’s OK to be Angry About Bernie Sanders

It’s OK to be Angry About Bernie Sanders

Birrion Sondahl

Bernie gave up on the fight long before we did and his actions have made it clear he no longer fights for the same ideals.
It Almost Happened Here: The Business Plot, Money Creation, And The Capital Order

It Almost Happened Here: The Business Plot, Money Creation, And The Capital Order

Jonathan Kadmon

What power actually fears is that their carefully crafted illusions will go up in smoke.