This Supreme Court has redefined the meaning of corruption
Under Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court has made it much harder for federal prosecutors to go after corrupt state and local officials.
Read at The ConversationWhat QAnon supporters, butthole sunners and New Age spiritualists have in common
New Age beliefs, alternative wellness practices and political conspiracies all fall under the umbrella of stigmatized knowledge, which can be attractive to anyone, no matter their political leanings.
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Watch our full, in-depth interview with Belgian director Johan Grimonprez about his Oscar-nominated documentary, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat.
Read at Democracy Now!Global corporate power is ‘out of control’, but reports of democracy’s death are greatly exaggerated
Multinational corporations can dictate how resources are allocated, territories are governed, and justice is defined.
Read at The ConversationMarianne Williamson, Fusing Bernie Sanders and (Early) Jordan Peterson, Is Taking Over TikTok
Marianne mania is gripping TikTok.
Read at The InterceptNeoliberalism is dying – now we must replace it
From taming Big Tech to competing with China, Western governments are abandoning free-market policies. But what does a post-neoliberal future look like?
Read at openDemocracyAvoiding the collapse of democracy is our responsibility
Democracy needs to keep moving forward. If we elude our responsibility when it comes to breathing new life into the values that sustain it, our liberal societies will eventually collapse.
Read at openDemocracyFive ways to curb the power of corporations
Of the world’s 100 largest economies, 69 are transnational businesses. How can we control—and ultimately transform them?
Read at openDemocracyThese three firms own corporate America
Together, three asset managers now control shares in 40% of all publicly listed firms in the United States.
Read at The ConversationAustralia’s march towards corporatocracy
Confounding the familiar government narrative of reckless spending binges by Labor, the Coalition actually has the record of greater profligacy when it comes to showering billions of dollars of taxpayers…
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