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  • Concentrating on U.S. Prisons

    Ted Asregadoo speaks with Truthout Executive Director, Maya Schenwar, about her current book project on prisons in the United States, solitary confinement, the nature of time, and why the humane treatment of prisoners is integral to the preservation of human… Continue reading

    Concentrating on U.S. Prisons

  • The Crisis of Finance Capitalism and the Exhaustion of Neoliberalism

    The report “Changing Banking for Good” attempts to make bankers personally responsible, to reform bank governance and strengthen the powers of regulators. Some think that if the report’s recommendations are implemented, it will destroy London as a global financial center.… Continue reading

    The Crisis of Finance Capitalism and the Exhaustion of Neoliberalism

  • Maybe There is Something Wrong with our Notion of Paradise

    Slavoj Žižek, one of the more public philosophers of our day, considers the difference between revolution and reformation. On which cusp do we find ourselves today? He identifies two traps that must be avoided in order to answer the question… Continue reading

    Maybe There is Something Wrong with our Notion of Paradise