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Adam Johnson: All the fake news that’s fit to print

Posted May 2, 201701:17:32

The media has become a part of the story like perhaps never before. Journalist probing has irritated our touchy president. But media outlets have also...

Neoliberal vs. Neofascist in France

Posted April 27, 201700:24:45

The Dig normally serves up ice cold, well-digested takes. Sometimes, however, something important happens and Dan finds someone who can help us understand...

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Black Liberation and Socialism

Posted April 25, 201701:21:50

Putting “black faces in high places,” scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor argues, has not only failed to benefit the working class and poor black majority;...

Mass incarceration is everywhere

Posted April 18, 201701:26:22

Prisons don’t just keep inmates in; they keep the public out. Even at a moment when mass incarceration is under unprecedented criticism it is quite...

Is Neoliberalism Over? With Nicole Aschoff

Posted April 11, 201700:55:15

Trump’s oligarchic regime is an extreme version of the imperial and economic vision that has guided presidents of both major parties. But the popularity...