Jan 19, 2025 | Opinion, Politics & Human Rights
Why has the class war been unleashed now, not just in the US but in much of the world? Because the democratizing, distributive effects of two world wars have worn off. The default state of centralized societies, to which nations are now reverting, is oligarchy.
Nov 17, 2024 | Politics & Human Rights, Science
Significant “social ruptures” between people who think artificial intelligence systems are conscious and those who insist the technology feels nothing are looming, a leading philosopher has said.
Oct 5, 2024 | Politics & Human Rights, Science
Hailed as a global model of progressive environmental policy, Canada’s carbon tax has reduced emissions and put money in the pockets of Canadians. But the federal Conservative leader promises to get rid of it.
Nov 6, 2023 | Opinion, Politics & Human Rights
Postcolonial intellectuals and Iran’s rulers agree that secularism is just Western imperialism in disguise. They are wrong.
Oct 5, 2023 | History, Politics & Human Rights
Displacing and destroying peoples by colonization is not just a historical Western evil but a global and contemporary one.
