National
On Police Power
The guilty verdict found in former police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial marks only the second murder conviction of a Minnesota officer in the state’s over 150-year history, and the first time a white officer has been found guilty of killing an African American.
All History is Local
It answers the questions that come to mind when we’re walking down a nearby street, but that we quickly accept are too difficult to answer.
Punctilious Piracy: How The Rich Avoid Taxes
A combination of legislative obsolescence, financial sleight-of-hand, and philanthropic deceit are the smoke and mirrors behind which the richest Americans shirk their legal, and arguably moral, responsibility.
Carbon Capture: A Technological Trojan Horse
Carbon capture’s industrial support coupled with the support of an anti-environmentalist Republican Party alludes to its imposture as effective policy. But corporate mobilization of subsidies as well as comparisons to renewable energies and a commitment to environmental justice fully expose carbon capture as a low-priority innovation at best, and the fossil fuel industry’s latest lifeline at worst.
The Capitol Riot Attacked Democracy. Things Have Only Gotten Worse Since.
Nearly six months ago, a violent and deadly mob stormed the U.S. Capitol at the behest of an outgoing president in order to prevent Congress from certifying his successor’s victory.
Market Design: Tackling One Element of HFT’s Imbalance
Technology has the potential to reform the market, but it usually stifles change to please satisfied investors.
In Defense of Coal Miners – Centering Corporate Cultural Manipulation in the Age of Environmentalism
The modern environmentalist is an intellectual individual, armed with vast amounts of data, robust environmental theory, and no shortage of protest tactics. They recognize their role in the climate crisis, opting to switch to plant-based diets, transitioning to public transportation, buying second-hand apparel, protesting for climate justice, and learning to recycle more effectively.