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Border walls and the climate crisis / Nick Buxton
The Transnational Institute's Nick Buxton on the report "Global Climate Wall" and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen judges a costume contest. https://www.tni.org/en/publication/global-climate-wall
Published on 4 years ago
Inside the Amazon warehouse / Alessandro Delfanti
Alessandro Delfanti on his book "The Warehouse: Workers and Robots at Amazon" from Pluto Press. https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745342177/the-warehouse/
Published on 4 years ago
Inflation politics / Rob Larson
Economist Rob Larson on his Current Affairs article "How Serious is the Inflation Situation?" and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen decodes a MAGA secret. https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/10/how-…
Published on 4 years ago
On poppers and queer utopia / Adam Zmith
Writer Adam Zmith on his book "Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures" from Repeater Books. https://repeaterbooks.com/product/deep-sniff-a-history-of-poppers-and-queer-futures/
Published on 4 years ago
Free people of color in the Antebellum South / Warren Eugene Milteer Jr.
Historian Warren Eugene Milteer Jr. on his book "Beyond Slavery's Shadow: Free People of Color in the South" from University of North Carolina Press. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469664392/beyond-sl…
Published on 4 years ago
Black humanity, Black worldlessness / Panashe Chigumadzi
Writer Panashe Chigumadzi on her article "The Cry of Black Worldlessness" for Africa Is A Country, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen looks back at some predictions. https://africasacountry.com/2…
Published on 4 years ago
On fatigue / Emily K. Abel
Historian Emily K. Abel on her book "Sick and Tired: An Intimate History of Fatigue" from University of North Carolina Press. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469663340/sick-and-tired/
Published on 4 years ago
Bodily autonomy and abortion justice / Judith Levine
Judith Levine on her article "Abortion is a Public Good" for Boston Review, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen agrees that the Big Coin should drop. https://bostonreview.net/law-justice-gender-se…
Published on 4 years ago
On dynastic wealth in America / Chuck Collins
Chuck Collins on the IPS report "Silver spoon oligarchs: How America’s 50 Largest Inherited-Wealth Dynasties Accelerate Inequality." https://ips-dc.org/report-americas-wealth-dynasties-2021/
Published on 4 years ago
Prison reform, carceral expansion / Kay Whitlock + Nancy A. Heitzeg
Kay Whitlock and Nancy A. Heitzeg on their book "Carceral Con: The Deceptive Terrain of Criminal Justice Reform" from University of California Press. https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520343474/carcer…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago