John Atcheson considers neoliberal capitalism and its onslaught against the idea of a commons.

History shows police violence is intractable. What should we do? We must end the police.

A different persepective on the notoriously elusive “Seattle Freeze” from Sunny Yuran Pei.

Puck Lo writes on why downsizing jails isn’t enough.

The massive plastic trash gyre isn’t an island, it’s the disaster of capital circling the globe on ocean currents. Maya Weeks writes.

Shara Yurkiewicz considers that bearing witness is a two-way mirror.

Sunny Yuran Pei considers the subtler effects of China’s one-child policy.

Javier Zorrilla Eguren considers a way forward from the monster of “Capitalism-Machiavellian-Hobbesian-Darwinian-Pragmatic-Sensual-Success-Driven-Neoliberal-Totalitarian-Nihilist-Globalised.”

China’s construction boom is driven by an equally booming wave of urban destruction. Wade Shepard gives you an excerpt from his upcoming book on the topic.

His ancestors were slave traders and hers were slaves. What they learned about healing from a roadtrip.