Letter from the heartland: Getting rid of blue votes
his week we got news that the way we vote here in rural Tennessee has been changed dramatically.
New York mayoral race: look at social forces behind candidates
The most important criterion for judging the New York City mayoral candidates is who are the social forces behind them.
With unity, New Yorkers could elect mayor for the “99 percent”
The New York City elections are exceptionally important this year, and a large part of the electorate understands that.
Obama and the right’s “brave new world”
Political pundits seem to agree that the past couple of weeks haven't been kind to the Obama administration.
Letter from the heartland: Silent factories, human pain
High unemployment, the paycheck-to-paycheck population of the area, and the increasing incidence of spousal abuse, teen pregnancy and drug use still dominate daily life.
Science of happiness - and the April jobs report
There are two broad measurements of happiness: first, the ups and downs of daily emotions, and second, an individual's overall evaluation of life.
Google Glass: Vision for the future, or the eyes of Big Brother?
For all intents and purposes, Glass is a technological extension of the human body - or so Google would have us believe.
Letter from Puerto Rico: A workers' commune flourishes
In the village where we stayed, we heard stories of a "fishing commune" nearby. That description demanded that we investigate.
Chris Hayes’ “Twilight of the Elites” explodes meritocracy myth
But the critical mechanism of "exploitation" so central to a meaningful, class-based analysis is completely absent.
Fascism defeated 68 years ago; will it return?
On May 8 and 9, 1945, the world celebrated the end of the Second World War. Since then, Victory in Europe Day has been celebrated by scores of countries.
