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What Liberalism Gets Right — And Wrong
From JacobinCan Liberalism and Socialism be Reconciled? From the outset of “Socialism and Liberalism,” Howe acknowledges a problem: liberalism is a notoriously slippery concept. After running through several definitions — a “current of opinion” in bourgeois society, a “system of ideas” stressing … [Read more...] about What Liberalism Gets Right — And Wrong
Sofia Coppola Wants You to Feel Bad for the Very Rich and the Very Sad
From JacobinI should probably recuse myself from reviewing Sofia Coppola films. Years ago, I worked as a receptionist for six months at her father Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios. There, I occasionally watched the teenage Ms Coppola and her twenty-something … [Read more...] about Sofia Coppola Wants You to Feel Bad for the Very Rich and the Very Sad
Pentagon Says Almost All US Troops to Leave Somalia—But Military Operations Will Continue
From CommonDreamsPublished on Friday, December 04, 2020byCommon DreamsPentagon Says Almost All US Troops to Leave Somalia—But Military Operations Will Continue "This action is not a change in U.S. policy," said the Defense Department, which has been conducting an air and ground war in the East African nation since 2007. byBrett Wilkins, staff writer 0 … [Read more...] about Pentagon Says Almost All US Troops to Leave Somalia—But Military Operations Will Continue
Federal Judge Delivers 'Huge Victory' for Immigrants, Ordering Trump Administration to Fully Restore DACA
From CommonDreamsPublished on Friday, December 04, 2020byCommon DreamsFederal Judge Delivers 'Huge Victory' for Immigrants, Ordering Trump Administration to Fully Restore DACA "It opens the door for more than a million immigrant youth who have been unfairly denied their chance to apply for DACA," said the director of the Justice Action … [Read more...] about Federal Judge Delivers 'Huge Victory' for Immigrants, Ordering Trump Administration to Fully Restore DACA