The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is about land, and the only just and lasting solution is an equal ownership of the land. This cannot be an equal possession of land, but the benefit of land is fungible, i.e. divisible. That benefit can be measured by what people… Read More »The Only Just Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
In the wake of George Floyd’s death and Derek Chauvin’s conviction for murder, the debate over whether and to what extent policing should be reformed in this country is, understandably, top-of-mind. However, the debate as currently framed shows little promise of being productive. The debate… Read More »Policing Reform: A Broader Perspective
Simon Winchester begins his new book, “Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World” by giving the history of the first land parcel he ever bought -123 acres of a forested and rocky mountainside in rural New York. When English explorer Henry Hudson… Read More »Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World – Book Review
In a recent article in The Week, “Is Biden setting Harris up to fail?,” it was clearly stated and debated that immigration is a political battle that is tough to win. Appointing Vice President Kamala Harris the point person on immigration issue doesn’t set Ms.… Read More »Immigration: Stopping History From Repeating Itself
A year ago last March, The Atlantic magazine had a short piece pondering what have been the “biggest scandals of all time.” It listed 11, and then invited its readership to submit other suggestions worthy of consideration. Some of the instances were momentary in their… Read More »Economic Corruption as the Greatest Scandal
Jobie Hill has visited 700 former residences. Many have been abandoned. Some have become storage space. Others are B&Bs. by Sabrina ImblerFebruary 26, 2020 Image: A slave house at Ivy Cliff in Bedford County, Virginia. This site was documented by the Virginia Slave House Project,… Read More »Meet the Iowa Architect Documenting Every Slave House Still Standing
BY JUSTINE COLEMAN – 02/13/20 09:54 PM ESTFormer presidential candidate Andrew Yang said Thursday that he thinks New York City should implement a universal basic income. The entrepreneur was asked in his “exit interview” in The New York Times whether he thought enacting the central policy from his campaign in… Read More »Yang: NYC should implement universal basic income
Can we look to history for reform ideas in the age of big tech robber barons? Adam M. Sowards Nov. 27, 2019 From the print edition Reckoning with History is an ongoing series that seeks to understand the legacies of the past and to put the… Read More »Economic giants drive income inequality in a second Gilded Age
Marcelo Teixeira SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to its highest in over a decade this year, government data on Monday showed, confirming a sharp increase under the leadership of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro. The data from Brazil’s… Read More »Brazil Amazon deforestation soars to 11-year high under Bolsonaro
Photo by David Babayan on Unsplash Richard Florida Claire Tran “Plumbing poverty”—a lack of access to running water, a flush toilet, and an indoor bath or shower—is skewed across racial and socioeconomic lines. Across the United States, more than 460,000 households, or nearly 1.5 million people, lack a… Read More »Where Americans Lack Running Water, Mapped
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