
By Wayne Campbell — “After all, if there is no class stratification in a society, it follows that there is no State, because the State arose as an instrument to…
By Wayne Campbell — “After all, if there is no class stratification in a society, it follows that there is no State, because the State arose as an instrument to…
The government uses a process called public procurement. A professor of public policy explains how the process works and how it is increasingly used to achieve social goals. By Ana…
By William I. Robinson, Truthout — A log-jam of container ships waiting to dock and unload in Los Angeles ports. Semiconductor shortages generating a backlog of orders around the world…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Even though it no longer appears as a major item of interest on the nightly news, the issue and pursuit of reparations remains a critical…
The G20, an exclusive club of mostly wealthy nations, met just before the COP26 in Glasgow and paid little more than lip service to the world’s leading problems, while preserving…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Despite rising inflation and legislative drama, some economists are touting the latest jobs numbers as a cause for celebration. And there is good news in…
Conservative intellectuals’ plans to erode liberal democracy are just getting started. By Laura Field, TNR — On Halloween, the second National Conservatism conference, or NatCon II, will kick off in Orlando,…
By Charisse Burden-Stelly — Racialization—one process of regulating, organizing, and subjecting populations through capital and labor—is integral to and endemic in the capitalist world-system. It justifies superexploitation, extreme surplus value extraction, and…
By C.M. Lewis & Tyler Walicek, Truthout — As results were tallied on Tuesday, it became clear that incumbent Buffalo, New York, Mayor Byron Brown’s campaign to restore himself to…
By Eve Ottenberg, CounterPunch — It’s no secret that Big Money disliked the tax hikes in Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) bill. Indeed, the rich pretty much killed them. And…
By The Washington Post — Haiti has descended into a state of political, economic and security collapse. The free fall in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country is accelerating, and it…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The meaning and mission of manhood, especially Black manhood, is an ancient and ongoing question, for it is not only about a presence, but also…