By Richard D. Wolff The evidence suggests that empires often react to periods of their own decline by over-extending their coping...

While the Gaza War has brought attention to the political influence of Arab and Muslim Americans amid the election season, their growing...

Skid Row Los Angeles By Richard D. Wolff From its beginnings, the capitalist economic system produced both critics and celebrants, those...

Here’s a frightening peek into our climate-addled future. Smoke from 2023 Quebec wildfires in New York City -- Anthony Quintano, CC BY...

The North Missoula Community Development Corporation brings permanent affordable housing to Montana. Image via the North Missoula...

Ancient human retrovirus DNA could be one of the markers of susceptibility to mental illness—specifically schizophrenia, bipolar...

Donald Trump’s targeting of established sports leagues and promotion of alternatives have partly reshaped the American sports landscape....

Bike co-ops uphold a tradition of self-empowerment through cycling. Vegasjon, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4....

Composite By Richard D. Wolff Fans of capitalism like to say it is democratic or that it supports democracy. Some have stretched language...

Collaborative efforts between forest agencies and Indigenous communities are improving wildfire management by combining oral histories...

Leaving river protections to states doesn’t make sense when rivers cross state lines. Boats on the Yazoo River, Mississippi - ...

Capitalism has built systems of inequality in food, health, and wealth and convinced us that the cause is individual failure, not...

There is a long history of students organizing for divestment from states and institutions complicit in criminal acts, apartheid, and...

Extensive ocher use reflects the culture and cognitive abilities of early humans, who inherited an affinity for red from primate...

New reforms have made it easier and cheaper to make calls to and from incarcerated people. But corporate profiteering will continue until...

The media collective Untold Palestine gathers the stories mainstream media doesn’t tell about Palestinians—videos, photographs, and...

The price of corporate compromising on safety is usually paid with taxpayer dollars and immigrant worker lives. Image via screenshot By...

The U.S. is aggressively keeping cheap Chinese-made EVs off the market. We are all paying the price for this protectionism. BYD Seagull...

The promise of AI is eclipsed by its perils, which include our own annihilation. By Richard Heinberg Those advocating for artificial...

There has been a sea change in attitudes and laws on marijuana, which ought to have helped ease racial inequities. But without concerted...