Tag: politics
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What happens when a group of high-profile urban thinkers, capitalized by the vast wealth of a tech goliath, snags a parcel of public waterfront in a major North American city… more ›
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After decades of rightwing dominance, a transatlantic movement of leftwing economists is building a practical alternative to neoliberalism. By For almost half a century, something vital has been missing from… more ›
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Walking down 69th Street in Englewood, Chicago, near where she grew up, Michelle Rashad gestures to a rundown retail shop, across from a long open lot. “At this store, there’s… more ›
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In early January, employees of the We Company, formerly known as WeWork, gathered in Los Angeles for its annual summit. As with many of the company’s events, it was more tent… more ›
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Campaigners have issued three core demands to the government: to “tell the truth about climate change”; to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2025; and to create a citizens’ assembly… more ›
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It used to be that the very rich avoided the spotlight at all costs. Then an heiress figured out how to sell her own story and changed all that forever.… more ›
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Since it began operations in 2010, Uber has grown to the point where it now collects over $45 billion in gross passenger revenue, and it has seized a major share… more ›
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HONG KONG — The moment the 25-year-old protester got home from demonstrations that turned violent — tear gas still stinging her eyes — she knew what she had to do:… more ›
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HONG KONG—Bonnie Leung and members of the Civil Human Rights Front have reason to feel triumphant. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/06/hong-kongs-protests-leader/591820/ more ›
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Sometime in the last two years, American hegemony died. The age of U.S. dominance was a brief, heady era, about three decades marked by two moments, each a breakdown of… more ›