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The Brute Economics of Slavery

…incrementally impose serfdom on an existing population. First generation slaves need to be captured, conquered, or in some other way removed from – and deprived of – their native state….

Remembering Howard Zinn

…that literally changed the consciousness of a generation. Here he developed with care, lucidity and comprehensive sweep his fundamental message about the crucial role of the people who remain unknown…

A boom in shale gas? Credit the feds.

…carbon pollution from coal plants and next-generation nuclear reactors as further proof of this conclusion. Many often point to the shale gas revolution as evidence that the private sector, in…