Men fear failing their families as providers. Trump casts himself subliminally as a super-provider.
Turkey and Iran: The Best of Frenemies
Tensions since Ottomans and Persians led rival empires that fought for control of the Middle East.
Thomas Paine’s Climate Solution: Would He Recognize It?
Paine’s revolutionary proposal to “share the wealth” from land and natural resources may help solve the climate crisis.
Carbon Permits: Paine’s Social Dividend
The issue that is poised to bring common-wealth dividends into the mainstream today is climate change.
Disappearing Jobs? Our Thomas Paine Moment
As automation eliminates jobs, Paine’s proposal to share wealth from the commons shows a way forward.
After Paine: Henry George’s “Single Tax”
Nearly a century after Thomas Paine’s proposal, reformer Henry George popularized a similar scheme.
Thomas Paine’s Agrarian Justice and John Locke
Both Locke and Paine sought to create a middle class.
Thomas Paine’s Dividend: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Remembered for his political idealism, Paine also had ideas about economic justice.
The U.S. Torture Report and White Supremacy
How the “debate” over U.S. torture unmasks a wider truth of thinly veiled White supremacy in official policy.