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1992 Cop protest

protest police politics

Presidential Election Interactive Map

map vote politics

23 things they don't tell you about capitalism

capitalism politics

50 Years of Tax Cuts for Rich Didn’t Trickle Down

taxes economics politics

52 things Kottke learned in 2021

economics politics facebook

A balanced treatment of an unbalanced phenomenon distorts reality

journalism politics

A conservative's viewpoint on Trump and Republican Part

A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow

economics politics

A Tale of Attempted Censorship in Three Acts

politics education censorship

After the stimulus checks, reports of food shortages fell 42%

society economics politics

Aid to Poor Mothers Improved Brain Function in Babies

politics health economics

Algorithmic amplification of politics on Twitter

politics social media

Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox

tech politics economics

American healthcare is the worst

healthcare politics

America’s Abstract Freedom

america politics

America’s Individualism and Our Poor Pandemic Response

america politics covid

America's Patriotism to Fascism Pipeline

patriotism nationalism fascism politics

Andrew Yang on the outrage cycle

journalism politics

A Conservative’s Realization on Structural Racism

systems politics racism

Asymmetric Polarization

Being Poor

politics economics

Belief in Conspiracy theories

politics religion

Big Pandemic Surprise

Billionaire donating

politics economics

Bipartisan Senate Intel report details Trump campaign contacts with Russia in 2016

Boebert Shares Misleading Claim on ‘Missing’ Children

politics moral panic

Bolton’s Book

Boris Johnson Is a Liar

Canada Gun Laws

Capital and Ideology

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Capitalism

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Carl Sagan Lost Lecture

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Carl Sagan on climate, nuclear war, and ignorance

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Cheap TVs and Exorbitant Education, Modern America in One Chart

politics economics

Class 1 and Class 2 Problems

technology culture economics politics

Collapsing systemic issues into personal narratives

politics journalism

Made in the U.S.A.: Socialism for the Rich. Capitalism for the Rest.

economonics capitalism socialism politics

Conservatism and Who the Law Protects

politics justice

Conservatives love America

LCV Scorecard

climate politics voting

Critique of Nero liberal economic policy

economics politics

Cutting Unemployment Benefits Had Little Impact on Jobs

politics economics

What do dems do with all the power?

Difference in death rates

Disagreeing on legitimate political issues like immigration, trade, etc. is not a reason to spite democracy

Disinformation Spreads Quicker When It’s Far Right

journalism politics

Do You Live in a Political Bubble

Do you make less than $400k per year?

Doublespeak: Language Designed to Mislead While Pretending Otherwise

philosophy politics language

Dozens of Big, Profitable Companies Paid No Taxes

Dying in the Name of Vaccine Freedom

E. B. White on “The Meaning of Democracy”

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Electoral Map

Elite CIA Hacking Unit Failed to Protect Its Systems

encryption politics

Eric Godal’s Anti-Fascist Illustrations Updated for 2020

51 or 52 corporations of the Fortune 500 that haven’t paid a single penny in taxes for three years

Extreme Lawmakers Get More Airtime

politics journalism

Facebook Was Critical In Spreading False Information

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Fears of Technology Are Fears of Capitalism

politics economics technology capitalism

Feedback Loops

process politics psychology

Felons must pay court debts before they can vote

politics justice

Forward

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Founding Fathers who owned slaves

racism politics

Free Money Experiment in California Boosted Employment

economics civics politics ubi

Doctor on why Gender is a social construct

politics health

Gerrymandering

voting politics

High-Income Tax Avoidance Far Larger Than Thought

taxes economics politics

House Republicans Fleece Their Donors

dark patterns ux politics

How Cocaine Trafficking works

crime drugs politics economics

How Facebook Makes Our Politics More Extreme

facebook politics

How Police Unions Fight Reform

police politics

How Republicans Use Uncertainty as a Weapon

How stats can be misleading

data statistics politics

How the Filibuster Pushes Republicans Further Right

How the U.S. Dropped to Number 36

covid politics healthcare

How to Disarm the Crazies

voting politics

How to fix climate change

climate politics

How to Reach People Who Are Wrong

politics psychology

How Trumpists Prey on Loneliness

trump politics psychology

https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/surviving-the-cosmos

Filibuster

I Feel Sorry for Americans

I think we should recognize that the jackassery we often see around here is partly because of people mugging for short-term camera opportunities.

politics journalism justice

If only _ voted

If only young people voted in 2020

I’ll Never Question 1938 Germany Again

Inside the Facebook Loophole for World Leaders

facebook politics

Is "Cancel Culture" Really a Threat To America?

moral panic social media politics

Is Violent Crime Rising

crime politics journalism perception

Issac Asimov on US and ignorance

I’ve read Mao Zedong. I’ve read Karl Marx. I’ve read Lenin. That doesn’t make me a communist.

education politics quote

The most common answer is Facebook.

facebook covid politics

John Cleese on Extremism

politics philosophy

John Roderick on Virtue Signaling and Valor

philosophy civics politics

Reaganism didn't end with Reagan

Our monuments are representations of myth, not fact

politics philosophy racism

Kenyan UN Ambassador on borders

The Lesser Evil

Liberty Doesn’t Mean Freedom to Infect Other People

Living in a Conspiracy Nation

politics facebook journalism

Louie on standing

Louis DeJoy, Trump donor, now Postmaster General

Made in the U.S.A.: Socialism for the Rich. Capitalism for the Rest.

economics politics

Majority Illusion

social media politics

Meritocracy

Mike Pompeo on founding of the country

politics education

What is mine?

psychology capitalism ownership politics

Minimum wage workers cannot afford rent in any U.S. state

civics housing politics

Moral Foreign Policy

politics foreign policy

Most cows and pigs in US are owned by china or brazil

politics economics

Name a thing that lasted longer than the Confederacy

National Income in the us

economics equality politics

Nationalism and Liberalism are not enemies

politics nationalism

Native Land

Nazi’s at bars

politics civics

Never Is Now 2019

politics journalism social media

North Korea Executes People for Watching K-Pop

politics speech

Obama and intimate portrait

book photography politics

Obama on GOP economic policy

politics economics

On political ism's

One approach to counter fascist

politics communication philosophy

Only recently has citizenship been a requirement to vote.

voting politics

China's history of paper money

politics economics

Percent of wages subsidized by governments due to COVID

politics economics covid

Persuasion And Control

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Philosophy: Basic Readings 2nd Edition

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Play to win but in a way that gets you re-invited to more games

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Plots covid rates with political party

covid data visualization politics

Where do you fit in the political typology?

Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural.

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Price Fixing in the beef market

politics economics

Printing Company Late Sending Out Mail Ballots

trump politics voting

Rand Paul Disclosed Wife’s Stock Trade 16 Months Late

Rand Paul on Trump for Sending Troops Into Cities

Rand Paul on voting

politics voting

REALITY AND THE IMAGINATION

automation politics religion ubi perception

Reallocate Military Budget

politics military economics

Receiving $300 a week in unemployment benefits is not the reason why people don’t want to work

economics politics work

Remember when the FBI insisted they could be trusted with keys to an encryption backdoor

encryption politics

Republicans closely resemble autocratic parties in Hungary and Turkey

Republicans Never Care About Deficits

politics economics

Republicans on Trump

Rick Steves' The Story of Fascism

fascism politics history

Satire is meant to ridicule power. If you are laughing at people who are hurting, it's not satire, it's bullying.

Sell This Book

politics economics education

The Shadow of Ronald Reagan Is Costing Us Dearly

politics economics

Shannon Sharpe on Protesting

protesting politics

Socialism for the Rich

Socialist critique of American education

education politics

Socialist's critique on Capitalism

economics politics

States That Make It Harder to Vote Had Lower Turnout

voting politics

Stimulus packages Compared

politics economics

Stone Mountain

Supreme Court Carves Out Religious Exception To Employment Laws

Svelte Society FAQ with Rich Harris

svelte politics

Tax Evasion, Plain and Simple

politics economics

How tax loopholes come to pass

politics taxes economics

Taxes

Texas Law Enforcement Frets New Permitless Carry Law

The 147 Republicans Who Voted To Overturn Election Results

The Advantages of Political Buffoonery

The American Abyss

The Anti-Capitalist Software License

The Center for Election Science

voting politics

The Common Project

philosophy science civics politics

The Filibuster Mostly Exists to Avoid Accountability

The Losing Candidate Actually Conceded

The lost cause

politics slavery

The Nations Most-Targeted by Disinformation

politics facebook

The Opportunity Atlas

politics statistics

The Real Trolley Problem

capitalism politics philosophy

The Rich

The road to tyranny with Timothy Snyder

politics language communication

The Senate’s Grim Reaper

The True Colors of America’s Political Spectrum Are Gray and Green

politics data visualization

The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free

politics capitalism

The two-step

politics violence

The Unsettling Normalcy of Societal Collapse

The Unvaccinated May Not Be Who You Think

covid healthcare politics

The U.S. Is Lagging Behind Many Rich Countries

health politics inequality

The US Isn’t Ready for Another Pandemic

There seem to be 2 realities

There Was No Conservative Culture War

They Absolutely Do Not Believe Their Own Bullshit, but It’s Useful for Them to Pretend They Do

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Thicker Skin

politics speech communication

This Election Map Will Be Everywhere. Don’t Let It Fool You

map politics ux design

This is a hell of a paragraph

This is a wake-up call

This is Exactly How it Happens, and It’s Happening Here

This Is How To Change Someone’s Mind

education politics

Those who like government least govern worst

Thread on the Presidency

Trump Administration Got Journalists’ Phone Records

trump journalism politics

Trump says he wants longer term

Try to allow space for complexity space for nuance.

process communication politics

Tyranny of the Minority

Uncovering conflicts of interest

Vetocracy

Visualization America’s Vaccine Refusal

data visualization covid politics

We Are Living in a Failed State

We Don’t Need to Meet Nazis Halfway

politics tolerance

What we can deduce from a leaked PDF

journalism typography politics

What’s the Point of Elections

politics voting

Which Country Has the World’s Best Health Care

health politics civics

Why Are Conservatives Obsessed with Pedophilia Right Now

politics moral panics

Why Billionaires Won't Save Us

climate economics politics

Why Hospitals and Health Insurers Didn’t Want You to See Their Prices

healthcare politics economics

Why I’m ‘Fleeing’ Bill Barr’s Justice Department

Why Moderating Content Actually Does More To Support The Principles Of Free Speech

speech politics

Why New Zealand rejected populist ideas other nations have embraced

journalism politics

Why the Media Is Worse for Biden Than Trump

journalism politics

Why The Past 10 Years Of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid

politics communication

Why the US government murdered Fred Hampton

You cannot de globalize the climate or technology

economics politics climate technology

Your experience is not everyone's else's experience

quote politics philosophy