Saturday, January 11, 2025

America, a nation teetering on the edge

The kind of question we the people of America should be asking ourselves, “Can we get along? Why is it that we can’t get along?”

How a cooperative run by the formerly incarcerated is reshaping Chicago’s food industry

Megacorporations tend to dominate food contracting with schools and other large facilities in America. In Chicago, Black formerly incarcerated people are prepping locally sourced meals for schools, nursing homes and transitional housing facilities.

Spotify’s business model is screwing over musicians and ruining music

The recent spat between Neil Young and Spotify reminds us that the world’s largest streaming company only cares about profits—which is what independent musicians have been complaining about for years.

Hedges: Heeding James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’

A century after its publication, the timeless novel warns us about the poisons of nationalism and idolatry and the commonality of our sojourns between birth and death.

If doomsday prepping has taught me anything, it’s that we can’t survive alone

Sometimes at second hand books stores I find myself with an armful of books, thinking “These will come in handy if …...

How to get teenagers to read important books? Ban them.

There’s no better way to get a teenager to read a book than to ban it.

NYT twists stats to insist we need more policing

A position that is, in fact, highly disputed, and worth debunking in detail, since it’s a popular one these days, both in the Times and in other prominent outlets.

An uncharitable view of charity

The need for charity only exists because we’re tolerating intentional injustices and widespread inequality created by power elites.

How the U.S. transportation system fuels inequality

For decades, the federal government has allocated about four times as much funding to roadways as it has to public transit such...

Why is Ali the last American hero?

At least once a week, a stranger writing a book, magazine article, newspaper feature, or blog; representing a documentary film, radio serial,...