Why we need to think outside the box this election
Defending the upcoming election from authoritarian capture will require massive turnout, and we all have roles to play.
October 14, 2026
Private property is losing its moral legitimacy
The centrality of property to political economy is a metaphysical error, institutionalized forgetting, spawning violence and uncountable injury.
October 14, 2026
AI and Ecocivilization: The threats of AI to human flourishing are multiple and profound
The danger AI poses can be understood as an extrapolation of the disruptions we’re already experiencing from Big Tech’s stranglehold over our lives.
October 14, 2026
Neighbors helping neighbors: Building community work exchange networks
How the authors organized a “frolic”, reviving a tradition of shared labor that builds the trust and resilience communities need.
October 13, 2026
Amazon is deploying AI to spy on its workers and bust unions before they form
Internal company documents obtained by a Canadian labor board show how Amazon is tracking workers’ every move.
October 13, 2026
Notes from an old farmer: Revitalizing our rural communities
There is a new energy among our younger citizens to seek a more meaningful life in the country. Now is the time to take advantage of their new-found passion to live and work in a rural community.
October 13, 2026
How do we act when we don’t know if we’ll win? – Interview with writer Paul Loeb
Alexandria Shaner spoke with Paul Loeb about hope, organizing, and building power in dark times.
October 12, 2026
Academic prison: We are all trapped within the modernity pen – and academica offers no escape
Inspired by author Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael, I compare modernity to a prison whose bars few inmates can even detect. Academia is its own sort of prison.
October 12, 2026
Why artificial intelligence must be stopped now
Humanity is outsourcing its executive control of nearly every key sector—finance, warfare, medicine, agriculture—to algorithms with no moral capacity. If you are wondering what could go wrong, the answer is plenty.
October 12, 2026
‘Urban Greenlash’: Why is climate action facing opposition across cities?
In areas around the world, growing opposition to climate action signals a new disruptive wave that researchers call an “urban greenlash,” a backlash against climate plans and policies in cities.
October 9, 2026
Longing to belong: The power of a place called home
A thriving village is a collective creation. People, place, participation, creativity, and inclusion are the ingredients.
October 9, 2026
Infrastructure, finance, and the sale of the future
Mitchell’s new book reinforces this essential point. We must see through the alibi of capital, we must reclaim society from the grip of the economy, and we must change the rules of the game to save our collective future.
October 9, 2026













