Corporate Greed

On Fascism

Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement,[1][2][3] characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation and race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.[2][3] Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power. Whether we believe that

Far Right

On Intersectionality

There may not be a word in American conservatism more hated right now than “intersectionality.” On the right, intersectionality is seen as “the new caste system” placing nonwhite, non-heterosexual people on top. This is a highly unusual level of disdain for a word that until several years ago was a legal term in relative obscurity

Democracy

Social Democracy

Social democracy is a system of political thought and action that calls upon the government to provide certain social and economic rights or entitlements necessary to the well-being of all members of the community. 

Art

Phenomenology in Art Theory

In art theory, phenomenology has been used to explore the ways in which artworks engage with the viewer’s perceptual experience. Phenomenologists argue that art has the power to reveal aspects of the world that are not accessible through rational thought alone, allowing viewers to engage with the world in a more immediate and intuitive way.

SCOTUS

Democracy Requires Disempowering the Supreme Court

There’s simply no path forward for meaningful social progress in the United States that doesn’t go through disempowering the Supreme Court. Ideas like packing the court with new justices and imposing term limits on old ones have long been dismissed as too extreme to be worth serious discussion, but we’ve reached the point where it’s