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  • A Fatherless Nation Cannot Prosper June 15, 2025 12:17 pm Daily Wire This Father’s Day, we should do more than hand out neckties and grill steaks. We should confront the truth: America leads the developed world in a heartbreaking and preventable trend — the collapse of fatherhood in the home. According to a Pew Research …
  • Vets in demand June 15, 2025 3:10 am The Malaysian Star IN a country where pets are increasingly seen as family and livestock remains vital to the economy, the veterinarian’s role is more crucial than ever. From ensuring animal health to supporting public health efforts, veterinarians play a wide-ranging and …
  • From well-being to white replacement: What psychology research says about immigration June 12, 2025 5:42 am PsyPost Immigration is one of the most debated issues in many countries, often sparking strong opinions about its social, economic, and political consequences. But what does the research actually show? From mental health outcomes to attitudes shaped by uncertainty …
  • Republican Study Committee Praises Trump Halting Federal Funding of Gain-of-Function Research in Controversial Countries May 6, 2025 6:33 pm Breitbart The Republican Study Committee is praising President Donald Trump for signing an executive order ending federal funding for gain-of-function research in controversial countries. President Donald Trump signed the executive order on Monday, which essentially …
  • I fed NotebookLM a 218-page research paper on string theory and the podcast results were mind-blowing" target="_self"… April 17, 2025 6:55 pm TechRadar My latest NotebookLM podcast creation is deeper and more fascinating than anything I've ever created, and I bet it'll shock you, too. I don't understand string theory. In fact, I bet there's fewer than 1% of the world that can speak …
  • The age of lost innocence April 12, 2025 7:25 pm Financial Express It’s been exactly a month since the British limited crime drama series Adolescence—created by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, and starring Owen Cooper—premiered on OTT streaming platform Netflix. Since then, the show, which revolves around 13-year-old …
  • ‘A case study in groupthink’: were liberals wrong about the pandemic? April 5, 2025 2:05 pm The Guardian Were conservatives right to question Covid lockdowns? Were the liberals who defended them less grounded in science than they believed? And did liberal dismissiveness of the other side come at a cost that Americans will continue to pay for many years? A new …
  • 100+ Courses You Can Study with Low JAMB Scores (100–180) in 2025 April 3, 2025 3:36 pm Zikoko! For many Nigerian students, writing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exam is a stressful experience. Scoring high can open doors to a wide range of courses and top universities, but what happens if — for whatever reason — you didn’t pass …
  • Trump’s Simple Racism March 27, 2025 2:44 pm The American Prospect - Washington D.C. This article appears in the April 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. On February 21, President Trump removed the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a four-star Air Force general with a distinguished military record named …
  • GRAHAM GRANT:  It's time for an honest discussion about the SNP's 'free' degrees - but Swinney's fingers are stuck in his ears March 24, 2025 11:25 pm Daily Mail There are few areas of public life which have been spared the ham-fisted reforms of the SNP – and sadly higher education isn’t one of them. In an act of hubris, Alex Salmond promised ‘free’ degrees - and even had the pledge carved into a commemorative …

Black Lives Matter

Gender and Crime

  • Anora dominates Oscars with five wins — see our critics’ verdicts June 15, 2025 2:32 pm The Times • Best supporting actor: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain • Best supporting actress: Zoe Saldana, Emilia Pérez • Best original screenplay: Sean Baker, Anora • Best adapted screenplay: Peter Straughan, Conclave Best-dressed stars at the Oscars Ariana Grande …
  • Church juggles delayed abuse allegation, pastor's 'tremendous growth' June 15, 2025 2:32 pm Indianapolis Star - Indiana Rosalyn and Keith Carlson felt proud as pastors at their church preached about the importance of taking a strong stand to support sexual abuse survivors. The message at Grace Church Noblesville called for swift action against abusers and healing aid for …
  • Men, women and Aurat Marches June 15, 2025 2:32 pm The News International hese women want to normalise incest in our society,” one of the four men casually remarked curling his handlebar moustache. They all stared derisively at the procession of Aurat March ’24 near National Press Club in Islamabad. They stood, with their arms …
  • Of Contempt Of Parliament, In Parliament, By Parliamentarian... May 29, 2025 4:41 pm Modern Ghana ….. But before we ask for our pound of flesh, Respect is earned, how we behave or misbehave will determine how the people will behave or misbehave towards us.”[1] Alban Bagbin, 29th January 2025. INTRODUCTION In the time of Socrates[2] in Athens, Greece, …
  •  CSOs call for release of Nigerian teenager, vocal social commentator Hamdiyyah Sharif May 24, 2025 2:48 am Blueprint Newspapers Limited A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Friday called for the immediate and unconditional release and full protection for Miss Hamdiyyah Sharif to enable her to enjoy her constitutional rights to freedom of movement, freedom of expression, and …
  • The ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Uncensored Oral History of a Revolution May 22, 2025 3:35 pm The Hollywood Reporter - California The Handmaid’s Tale is ending. But to borrow a quote from Margaret Atwood, the end is not the end. And the Hulu series wasn’t the beginning of The Handmaid’s Tale, either. Back in 1985, Atwood published her best-selling novel of the same name, a near- …
  • Amos N. Guiora on Institutional Complicity and Legal Reform May 12, 2025 2:01 am The Good Men Project - California   Amos N. Guiora, J.D., Ph.D., is a legal scholar and former IDF Lieutenant Colonel whose work focuses on institutional complicity and the legal accountability of bystanders and enablers. Shaped by his Holocaust-survivor parents and counterterrorism …
  • 35 New Movies to Watch This Summer May 6, 2025 8:30 pm IndieWire A summer with strikes in the rearview and Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” poised to keep kicking ass at the box office and sticking in IMAX theaters? We’re here for it. Starting this month, the summer movie season is upon us, with indies and blockbusters and some …
  • Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex-trafficking trial: All the info you need to know May 5, 2025 10:37 pm Global News For more than two decades, Sean “Diddy” Combs was known as one of hip-hop’s biggest entrepreneurs, making hits for top talent like Notorious B.I.G. and creating a business empire that included Bad Boy Records, a fashion brand, a TV network, deals with …
  • Diddy trial: Mike Myers and Michael B Jordan are named as jury selection begins in disgraced rapper's case May 5, 2025 5:32 pm Daily Mail By GERMANIA RODRIGUEZ POLEO, CHIEF U.S. REPORTER and DANIEL BATES AT THE DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN NYC FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 05:51 EDT, 5 May 2025 | Updated: 17:33 EDT, 5 May 2025 Jurors who will determine the fate of Sean ' …

Prison Privatization

  • A Lesson in Systemic Racism, Part II: ALEC, School Closures, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline June 15, 2025 2:32 pm Grassroots DC - Washington D.C. The previous post, entitled “A Lesson in Systematic Racism: Stand Your Ground, the NRA, and the American Legislative Council (ALEC),” examined the connection between the untimely death of Trayvon Martin and the powerful lobbying groups that made laws like …
  • Two Weeks in Review, 2 – 15 June 2025 June 15, 2025 12:22 pm EJIL: Talk! Human Rights Law Marko Milanovic explores how lies by state officials, whether in authoritarian regimes or democracies, can constitute violations of international human rights, particularly when they affect freedoms of expression, the right to health, or …
  • Meloni’s Italy: A Refreshing Crescendo to Brussels’ Dissonance June 14, 2025 3:05 am The American Spectator - Virginia Success stories in the EU are easily told — mostly because there are none. This makes the path charted by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni all the more remarkable. In Brussels’ long shadow, she is drawing new ideological lines. When Giorgia Meloni …
  • The Authoritarian Machine Is Growing — and It Won’t Stop at Immigrants June 12, 2025 2:03 pm Truthout Part of the Series “Fascism and authoritarianism are deployed through law enforcement,” says Silky Shah. In this episode of “Movement Memos,” Shah and host Kelly Hayes discuss immigration raids, rising authoritarianism, mass protest, innocence narratives, …
  • June 12, Vatsa, Giwa, Others: IBB Lies in Autobiography – Falana June 12, 2025 10:08 am The News (Nigeria)   Today is June 12, a day set aside by the Federal Government to commemorate the annulment of June 12, 1993 Presidential election, won by the late Chief MKO Abiola, but annulled by the then Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida. However, early this …
  • Measuring Corporate Power by the Number of Marines in Los Angeles June 12, 2025 2:09 am Common Dreams So, Matthew Yglesias posted this challenge on Twitter earlier this week: "This is my challenge for people who want to make reducing corporate power the lodestar of their politics — how do you measure this?" Well, there's a couple of ways. But …
  • Federal officials changed rules to protect Umpqua Hot Springs. A decade later, results are mixed June 5, 2025 2:45 pm OregonLive.com Early on a recent spring morning, half a dozen people lounged around Umpqua Hot Springs’ turquoise pools, chatting quietly as a faint mist held onto the treetops in the dense evergreen forest. The idyllic scene is the reason so many travel to this remote …
  • How the Prison Industry Became a Booming Business June 5, 2025 12:30 pm Teen Vogue Since Donald Trump retook office, his administration has moved forward with promises to expand the surveillance, detention, and deportation of immigrants, an operation that heavily relies on private prisons in the United States. It is a gift to some of his …
  • St. George keeps with vision of privatized government with first approved city budget June 4, 2025 9:08 am The Advocate - Louisiana The St. George City Council on Tuesday approved its first full budget, laying out a plan for city services that leans heavily on privatization — a key tenet of the city's founding vision. Passing the council unanimously, the budget shows a city that …
  • Feudalism Is Our Future June 3, 2025 11:39 am The Atlantic Judging from news accounts and interviews, numerous people in and around the Trump administration are beguiled by imperial Rome. They see themselves as interpreters of its lessons—beware immigration; uphold masculinity; make babies—and inheritors of its …

Prison Abolition

  • Anti-NSA writer featured at Soros-Koch event June 15, 2025 2:32 pm Renew America By Cliff Kincaid September 17, 2014 In a case of politics makes strange bedfellows, organizations funded by four billionaires on the left and right are uniting to put on a major conference at Columbia University calling for the end to the war on terrorism, …
  • Ontario moves to fill jails, frames it as housing policy  June 15, 2025 2:32 pm Spring By Emily Heil On June 4th, the Ontario government passed Bill 6, the so-called Safer Municipalities Act. Drug users experiencing homelessness can now be removed from encampments and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine or be sentenced up to six months of jail …
  • Is the Pope right about the death penalty? June 15, 2025 2:32 pm Renew America By Rev. Mark H. Creech August 5, 2018 The Vatican announced on Thursday that Pope Francis had approved formal alterations to Catholic teaching that clarify the death penalty is unacceptable. The section of the Catholic Catechism which deals with capital …
  • Will the Pope endorse Bernie Sanders for President? June 15, 2025 2:32 pm Renew America By Cliff Kincaid August 21, 2015 If the Republican establishment thinks it has a problem with Donald Trump, just wait until the Pope visits America next month and endorses socialist Bernie Sanders for president. Such a move, which is not beyond the realm …
  • South Africa "joined at the hip" to Cuba June 15, 2025 2:32 pm Renew America By Cliff Kincaid December 12, 2013 If President Obama's handshake with Cuban dictator Raul Castro is news, Castro's featured presence at the Nelson Mandela memorial service and what the South African government said about him are equally newsworthy …
  • Tracing the Marxist roots of the assault on the family June 15, 2025 2:32 pm Renew America By Jerry Newcombe June 18, 2015 Aristotle once said, "Men start revolutionary changes for reasons connected with their private lives." Is there a link to Karl Marx and his own abysmal failure as a family man and the all-out assault on the …
  • 'Amazing Grace' and the abolition of slavery June 15, 2025 2:32 pm Renew America By Jerry Newcombe January 18, 2023 This month, January 2023, marks the 250th anniversary of the classic hymn “Amazing Grace.” The Museum of the Bible notes: “It was January 1, 1773. John Newton led his congregation down the road from the parish church in …
  • The perverts and those who protect them June 15, 2025 2:32 pm Renew America By Cliff Kincaid October 30, 2020 Before Joe Biden committed a major gaffe by urging the eventual abolition of the oil and gas industry, he endorsed the idea of 8-year-old transgenders. This went beyond gaffe status to outright insanity. What’s more, it …
  • Protecting Protest Rights And Dissent Amid Trump’s Attack On Freedom June 15, 2025 6:29 am NewsOne Source: David McNew / Getty The Trump administration’s recent militarized response to protests in Los Angeles represents an escalation in its assault against various rights and freedoms. It comes after nearly five months of tactics that contravene …
  • Out & About: Upper Valley communities celebrate 200th anniversary of Revolutionary War hero’s tour June 13, 2025 8:40 pm Valley News - New Hampshire Two hundred years ago, hundreds of Upper Valley residents gathered in their communities to welcome a Revolutionary War hero with pomp and circumstance. French Gen. Marquis de Lafayette visited the region as part of a “farewell tour” of the 24 states that …

Corporate Crime

  • What You’ve Suspected is True: Billionaires Are Not Like Us June 15, 2025 1:29 pm Rolling Stone L ike many people alive today, I have no desire to live on Mars. It is, by all accounts, a pretty shitty place for human habitation. Heat escapes its atmosphere so quickly that, were one to stand at its equator at noon with skin exposed — not a great idea! …
  • Cyber security essentials workshop series sees overwhelming success across Goa June 15, 2025 12:28 pm News9 Live India News Student-Focused Workshops were held at Sharda Mandir High School Panaji: The Cyber Security Essentials Workshop Series, organized by Cogniflux Trainings and Consulting Pvt. Ltd., concluded with resounding success after a series of impactful …
  • BW Recommends | June 15, 2025 June 15, 2025 10:55 am Birmingham Watch - Alabama BW Recommends is a rundown of stories you might have missed this week. It offers insight into issues important to our area and sometimes tickles your curiosity. Soon we’ll be offering Recommends via email. Sign up here to receive it. You can also sign up …
  • Looking For Growth's Lawrence Newport On Death Threats, Dominic Cummings And Defeating Blockers June 15, 2025 10:34 am Politics Home Looking For Growth campaign (Illustration by Tracy Worrall) 11 min read2 hr Bad boys of Brexit, move over: the good guys of growth are here. Sienna Rodgers talks to Looking For Growth co-founder Lawrence Newport who wants to ban planning delays just like …
  • Dave Shapiro: Trump crew can destroy; can they build us anything? June 15, 2025 10:15 am Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii REUTERS U.S. President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk sit in a Tesla car model S, in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 11. A house in my neighborhood was torn down awhile back. I was surprised by how the home that stood strong …
  • National grooming gangs investigation welcomed in Rotherham June 15, 2025 9:02 am Rotherham Advertiser PLANS for a national inquiry into grooming gangs have been welcomed in Rotherham, where the scandal first emerged more than a decade ago. Prime Minister Kier Starmer has acted on advice from Baroness Louise Casey that a national inquiry would be more …
  • PLN Dismisses Allegations of Data Leak to Cambodian Online Fraud Syndicate June 15, 2025 7:53 am Tempo.co TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia's State Electricity Company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) or PT PLN denied the leakage of company data allegedly used by an online fraud syndicate. PLN's name was mentioned as one of the companies whose data …
  • 5 classic summer blockbusters just landed on streaming — and they'll make you feel like a kid again June 15, 2025 7:38 am Tom's Guide They just don't make summers like they used to. Growing up, these months meant no homework, riding bikes until the streetlights came on, and listening out for the tune of the ice cream man. Nowadays, your summers likely aren't so carefree, but you …
  • Down 36%, is this US growth stock about to surge again? June 15, 2025 7:08 am The Motley Fool UK US growth stocks have largely been on a stellar run since the start of 2023. That certainly has been the case with Cellebrite DI (NASDAQ:CLBT), climbing by over 480% and reaching an all-time high in February. Yet since then, its performance has slipped a …
  • Mid-year relationship review June 15, 2025 4:20 am The Sun Nigeria Today is the midpoint of June. When the month ends in 15 days, half of the year will pass with it. It is just right at this point to look back to the beginning of 2025 in January and go over the months that followed, to  do a review of how relationships …

White Collar Crime

  • 12 years later: the Father Alfred Kunz (unsolved) murder June 15, 2025 2:32 pm Renew America By Matt C. Abbott March 3, 2010 Father Alfred Kunz's life came to a tragic end either late March 3 or very early March 4, 1998. His body was discovered the morning of March 4, the victim of a homicide (his throat had been cut). It's been 12 years …
  • Priests' tragic deaths need closure June 15, 2025 2:32 pm Renew America By Matt C. Abbott February 2, 2012 The mysterious and tragic deaths of two priests — Father Waclaw Jamroz of the Archdiocese of Chicago and Father Alfred Kunz of the Diocese of Madison — need closure. Father Jamroz's bizarre death in 2009 was ruled a …
  • Biker shootout: libs going wacko over race in Waco June 15, 2025 2:32 pm Renew America By Selwyn Duke May 27, 2015 Leftists are upset about what they view as a double standard with respect to the Baltimore/Ferguson affair and the recent Waco gang shootout. They're right, too – there sure is a double standard. And, as usual, it's …
  • Race in the third millennium June 15, 2025 2:32 pm Renew America By Selwyn Duke November 25, 2008 Although the show was propaganda produced by leftist Norman Lear, no one could accuse "All in the Family" of not being funny. Its protagonist, blue-collar bigot Archie Bunker, is one of those legendary television …
  • Democrats: “Deal with guns, mental problems, and education, then all crime will just disappear” June 15, 2025 2:32 pm Renew America Democrats: “Deal with guns, mental problems, and education, then all crime will just disappear” By Michael Bresciani February 8, 2022 Dealing with crimes by ending all gun ownership is the equivalent of bringing back prohibition laws and pulling all …
  • Puppets, prostitutes, and pimps: Part two June 15, 2025 2:32 pm Renew America By Madeline Crabb March 4, 2021 In delivering his Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln declared “government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Just 157 years later, this is no longer true. In …
  • Business chambers: New top cop must restore public trust, confidence June 15, 2025 11:13 am Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Corey Connelly 4 Hrs Ago Incoming police commissioner Allister Guevarro. - THE Tobago Business Chamber says one of Allister Guevarro’s first tasks as the country’s new commissioner of police (CoP) must be to restore public trust and confidence in the …
  • Raid 2 OTT Release: When & Where To Watch Ajay Devgn's Much-Awaited Film Online? Check Plot, Cast & More June 15, 2025 10:42 am Free Press Journal Raid 2 is the sequel to the 2018 film Raid. The sequel of the film features Ajay Devgn, Vaani Kapoor, and Riteish Deshmukh, among others. The film was released in theatres on May 1, 2025,  and received mixed reviews from critics. The film is based on the …
  • Carman: Going to jail for getting in ‘good trouble’ is a patriotic act June 15, 2025 9:18 am The Colorado Sun A facilitator at a meeting a couple years ago asked our group a question meant to be an ice-breaker. The gathering consisted of mostly white-collar professionals — lawyers, people working in finance, managers of nonprofit organizations, a couple of …
  • I was tricked, tortured, finally freed: inside a Burmese scam farm June 15, 2025 12:54 am The Times Mustapha Momoh, a 36-year-old sports teacher from Sierra Leone, remembers posing as a brunette to flirt with a British man he met on Tinder.Mustapha would spend his days hunched over a long table in a hall in Myanmar with hundreds of other scammers, each …

State Crime

Environmental Crime

  • Letters to the editor: June 4, 2025 (Central Hudson, Big, Beautiful Bill, graceful aging and more) June 4, 2025 3:36 am Hudson Valley One - New York The views and opinions expressed in our letters section are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Hudson Valley One. Submit a letter to the editor at deb@hudsonvalleyone.com. Letter guidelines: Hudson Valley …
  • Building Empathy by Developing an Ethically Sourced Materials Policy May 30, 2025 9:10 pm American Alliance of Museums - Virginia This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. If you don’t read the journal, become a member to receive your copy of the full upcoming issues or purchase the Spring 2025 issue. The …
  • The world needs a new UN protocol to fight environmental crime (commentary) May 15, 2025 3:00 pm Mongabay As environmental crime goes global and awareness of its massive scope rises, finding agreement between governments on which illegal trades to target, and how, is not simple and leads to a piecemeal approach, a new op-ed argues. The case for international …
  • State demands that BASF stop flow of pollution into Detroit River April 30, 2025 4:45 am The Detroit News - Michigan Wyandotte — State environmental regulators are demanding that BASF, an international chemical manufacturing company and major employer in Wyandotte, stop the flow of contaminated groundwater into the Detroit River, alleging the company is violating a 39- …
  • Top Senate Stories: TSSAA: Controversial Bill Allowing One-Time School Transfers Up For Senate Vote April 3, 2025 1:54 pm The Chattanoogan - Tennessee 8:30 a.m. - Senate Regular Calendar - Watch - 2. SB0016 by Lowe   Bill holds churches, charities liable when they shelter undocumented people who commit a crime 8:30 a.m. - Senate Regular Calendar - Watch - 6. *SB0227 by Taylor If a church or charity that …
  • Park Hills hosts town hall meeting to address Reworld concerns March 21, 2025 12:10 pm Farmington Press - Missouri Representatives from the City of Park Hills hear comments from the public. Lisa Brotherton-Barnes The Park Hills City Council adjusted their regular monthly meeting to be held at Mineral Area College’s Cardinal Center on March 11. They hosted …
  • Fed Court Allows Major Retaliation Claims Against Apple to Proceed; NLRB Charges Apple March 3, 2025 10:46 pm Indybay - California Ashley Gjovik, a whistleblower over environmental dangers and violation of labor rights at Apple has won the right to proceed with her case against Apple. Federal Court Allows Major Retaliation Claims Against Apple to Proceed; NLRB Charges Apple with Labor …
  • Letters to the editor for Sunday, February 23, 2025 February 23, 2025 11:53 am Naples Daily News - Florida Letters to the editor should be 250 words or less. Include your name and city or community of residence. Guest opinions should be 600 words or less and include a brief summary of the author’s credentials relevant to the topic. Guest opinions may include a …
  • Staff placed on leave, map tool shut down in tumultuous week at EPA February 8, 2025 11:12 am NBC News In the last two weeks, EPA staffers have had to contend with dramatic shake-ups at the agency. About 1,100 “probationary” employees were told they could be terminated, and 168 staffers working on environmental justice issues were put on leave. Lee Zeldin, …
  • DOJ shutters environmental justice office February 7, 2025 1:22 am Courthouse News Environmental advocates warned that closing the Office of Environmental Justice would lead to more toxic contaminants, dangerous air and unsafe water in communities plagued by pollution. WASHINGTON (CN) — The Department of Justice shuttered a little-known …

Critical Theory

  • What is Ethiopian philosophy? June 10, 2025 4:58 pm Aeon ‘I was born in the land of the priests of Aksum,’ ZeraYacob is believed to have written in the 17th century. ‘But I am the son of a poor farmer in the district of Aksum.’ So begins the Hatata (a Ge’ez word meaning ‘enquiry’) of ZeraYacob, in which he …
  • Evangelicals, CRT, and the Genetic Fallacy June 9, 2025 7:37 am Patheos Recently I was discussing Critical Race Theory with a professor colleague of mine who in every sense of the word is more conservative than me. When interrogating the intellectual pedigree of CRT, one must address critical theory and eventually the biggest …
  • Azania 2034: A fictional retrospective on a worst-case scenario for SA June 6, 2025 7:55 am Politicsweb Friday, 06 June 2025 06/06/25 OPINION Azania 2034: A fictional retrospective on a worst-case scenario for SA Willem Gravett | 05 June 2025 Willem Gravett writes on what could happen if the EFF, MKP and the critical racial theorists comes to power …
  • Karl Korsch and the Lost Futures of European Marxism June 4, 2025 7:48 pm Jacobin In histories of Marxism, Karl Korsch’s name is often linked with that of Georg Lukács. Two Central European intellectuals, from Germany and Hungary, respectively, Korsch and Lukács were both radicalized by the impact of World War I and aligned themselves …
  • Asking the What, Why and How of Decolonization: Taking Theory Seriously June 3, 2025 2:55 pm Fair Observer Decolonization appears to have become the new buzzword, the new currency circulating within academic circles, with several universities in the UK and the USA increasingly talking about decolonizing their respective fields of study, such as sociology, …
  • LETTER: DEI is 'systemic Marxism' May 30, 2025 1:14 am The Sanford Herald - North Carolina The following comments do not represent the views of the Lee County Board of Commissioners, but I anticipate someone calling me a racist for expressing them: The recent commentary by D.G. Martin titled: “Censoring Books About Race” left the reader …
  • Materialism Is Essential for Socialist Politics May 20, 2025 2:01 pm Jacobin The following article is reprinted from Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy, a publication from the Jacobin Foundation. Right now, you can subscribe to the print edition of Catalyst for just $20. For decades, Marxism and the socialist tradition more …
  • A pseudo-left attack on science in Flint, Michigan—Part one May 16, 2025 12:08 am World Socialist Web Site The attack on science has become especially malignant as the Trump administration proceeds rapidly with its decimation of all public agencies. The Department of Education is in the process of being dismantled, already undergoing massive funding cuts, with …
  • Reification, Resentment, and the Enduring Appeal of Right-Wing Rhetoric May 14, 2025 1:36 pm Damage Magazine A Review of Gillian Rose, Marxist Modernism: Introductory Lectures on Frankfurt School Critical Theory (London: Verso, 2024). The legacy of the Frankfurt School has never ceased to be contentious on the Left. For many, Adorno and company’s …
  • Christian nationalism is the overcorrection to Big Eva May 14, 2025 5:33 am The Christian Post - Washington D.C. By Percy Sinclair, Op-ed contributor Wednesday, May 14, 2025 iStock/Hleb UsovichSuppose I told you that, at a certain well-known, purportedly conservative seminary, there is a professor who has been on staff for over a decade, who has openly stated …