How “Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform” Institutionalizes a Right-Wing, Neoliberal Agenda
More than an actual means of improving policy, “bipartisan criminal justice reform” has become a mantra signifying hope. But what, exactly, are bipartisan advocates seeking to reform?
Neoliberalism is the economic, social, and political analysis that best describes the startlingly unequal distribution of wealth and power in the U.S. today.
After nine Black churchgoers were gunned down in Charleston, South Carolina, the Confederate battle flag is driving a wedge between neo-Confederates and free-market neoliberals.
CWA has clung to relevance over the years, better than infamous anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly, by demonstrating its adaptability in toning down strident anti-feminist language and laying claim to pro-life feminist arguments when convenient.
The Rise & Fall of the Right's School Voucher Pioneer
The neoliberal agenda behind school choice, a wide range of schools from charter schools to school voucher programs, has adverse effects on communities of color.
Why does Hollywood keep distorting history to portray exceptional individuals rescuing America from collective problems?
A number of acclaimed films focusing on the life of Abraham Lincoln, slavery, and the Civil War have distorted historical reality to suggest that exceptional individuals– and not social movements–are are responsible for progressive social change.
Seventy years after the Right embraced von Hayek’s manifesto, does Piketty’s rock-star reception portend a new revolution?
The response to Piketty from liberal audiences indicates a longing to bring economic questions into political debate in ways that reflect their centrality to our lives.