SPOTLIGHT
THEORY
The Beauty of Being Wrong
I can't put this bluntly enough: almost all of the psychologists I've spoken with seem to relish in being wrong. They work to constantly disprove their previous findings, to be the first to find fault in their past theories (and in the directions their field has taken as a result), and to move forward through clearer eyes toward a more perfect truth.
Ecosocialism vs. the Green New Deal
One could ask, from the perspective of the left, does the Green New Deal go far enough? Does it address the fundamental assumptions of the US economy that led to climate catastrophe?
Why Did Socialism Fail?
...like industrial capitalism, alienation pervaded every aspect of life under industrial “socialism.”
PRACTICE
Why Did Socialism Fail?
...like industrial capitalism, alienation pervaded every aspect of life under industrial “socialism.”
Abraham Lincoln’s Request
Don’t Feed The Animals, A Series of Satirical Musings by Josh Lorenzo Dear Modern Republican Party, Seven score and fourteen
Violence in the Gay Community: Ending the Silence
By: Connie Woodring Focusing on homophobia and its violent consequences against gays by heterosexuals has been important for several decades,
JUSTICE
Violence in the Gay Community: Ending the Silence
By: Connie Woodring Focusing on homophobia and its violent consequences against gays by heterosexuals has been important for several decades,
Democratic Socialism: An Impossible Dream? II
The first part of this article asserted that, contrary to the prevailing mythology on both sides of the Cold War, socialist revolutions never succeeded in creating genuine democratic socialism. Then, several insufficient explanations for why socialist revolutions failed to produce socialism were critiqued.
Scapegoat: How a Television Show Perpetuates Blame in the Dannemora Prison Break
By: Monica Duncan Showtime is now airing a new series about the 2015 escape from the Dannemora Prison in New
ARTS & LETTERS
Plato’s Crito: When should we break the law?
Plato’s Crito describes a conversation that takes place in 399 B.C.E. in an Athens prison, where Socrates awaits execution.Not long before, an assembly of more than 500 Athenian citizens convicted Socrates of corrupting the youth and impiety, essentially failing to respect the gods of the city.
Scapegoat: How a Television Show Perpetuates Blame in the Dannemora Prison Break
By: Monica Duncan Showtime is now airing a new series about the 2015 escape from the Dannemora Prison in New
President Donald Trump Lashes out at Mother Nature for Being a Woman
Speculation he’ll sign Executive Order renaming it “Father Nature” Don’t Feed The Animals, A Series of Satirical Musings by Josh Lorenzo