Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Last week the US Congress passed the Trump Tax Cuts. The mainstream media and economists have been mostly reporting the details of the cuts—i.e. which taxes got cut in the 2025 Act, how much accrued to businesses and wealthy as...
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Owning the Words: Lessons on Writing from Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn and I at the South Dakota Festival of Books. Deadwood, South Dakota. October 4, 2019. No thinker has occupied as much space in my mind than Elizabeth Cook-Lynn. Her writing could be sharp—sometimes biting—but always deeply principled. She once told...
Why Two Billion People Watch Cricket
Photo by Marcus Wallis ‘What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?’ famously wrote the Trinidadian historian C.L.R. James in Beyond a Boundary, exploring not just the beauty and psychology of the game, but the unspoken layers of class, race, and politics...
“Multipolarity? Maybe Sometime in the Future” An Interview with Vijay Prashad
Image by Ran Liwen. Although the global dominance of the US is crumbling and China is emerging as a rival, the unilateral world order remains intact, according to historian Vijay Prashad. In this interview, he explains why he considers NATO to be the most dangerous...
How Trump Betrayed Workers by Gutting the Inflation Reduction Act
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Federal officials, then-Governor of Indiana Eric Holcomb, union leaders, company representatives, and dozens of guests assembled at Heidelberg Materials in Mitchell, Indiana, last year to celebrate a milestone for North America’s...
Trump’s Tariffs and Price Gouging Restaurants
Red’s Java House, San Francisco waterfront. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair There is a simple problem professors sometimes challenge their intermediate econ students with on the first day of class. Popular restaurants often have long waits for tables, especially on weekend...
The Dark Side of Ecotourism
Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Ecotourism is often hailed as a sustainable alternative to traditional travel—an opportunity to explore unique environments while supporting local communities and conservation efforts. Yet beneath its...
Two Leading Narcissists Meet at the White House
Photograph Source: The White House – Public Domain Narcissism is a personality trait characterized by an excessive preoccupation with oneself, a sense of entitlement, and a need for admiration. It involves an inflated sense of self-importance, a lack of empathy for...
Beyond the Prompt: from use to governance of AI
How the Claudia-Lumus Protocols Forge a Radical Craft in the Posthuman Era Much has been said about the future of professions in the age of artificial intelligence. Some fear their disappearance. Others, their trivialization. But few have paid attention to a less...
Cinque per cento in armi… Forse “solo un dio ci può salvare”
Il cinque per cento del Pil destinato alle armi significa che circa 1000 miliardi, ogni anno, finiranno ad accrescere il già immenso potere dei grandi predatori globali come BlackRock, Vamgiuard, Golman Sachs ecc. L'hanno deciso uomini che a lungo hanno lavorato per...
“Multipolarity? Maybe Sometime in the Future” An Interview with Vijay Prashad
Image by Ran Liwen. Although the global dominance of the US is crumbling and China is emerging as a rival, the unilateral world order remains intact, according to historian Vijay Prashad. In this interview, he explains why he considers NATO to be the most dangerous...
How Trump Betrayed Workers by Gutting the Inflation Reduction Act
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Federal officials, then-Governor of Indiana Eric Holcomb, union leaders, company representatives, and dozens of guests assembled at Heidelberg Materials in Mitchell, Indiana, last year to celebrate a milestone for North America’s...