Text Transcript: Very few people have an accurate perception on what feminist philosophy is. It’s as if feminist philosophy and feminism in general is a vast mystery that no one wants to talk about. What ideas people have about […]
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Tag: Income Inequality
The Crucial Differences Between Capitalism And Free Enterprise
Capitalism is an economic system that has both passionate defenders and fierce critics. But both sides in the debates over capitalism’s beneficial and harmful affects tend to conflate capitalism with free enterprise. Much of the defense of capitalism takes the […]
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Sam Pizzigati’s Interesting Proposal On Income Tax Rates
Sam Pizzigati is an author who writes extensively about wealth, taxation, and the struggles of working people. Recently he penned an interesting article for CommonDreams.com, How Progressives Can Fix the Progressive Income Tax. In his latest article, Pizzigati discusses the […]
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Paulo Freire on Social Conflict
Paulo Freire on Social Conflict Paulo Freire is a Brazilian philosopher of education. Those on the Right would call him a “radical” because he believes that poor people shouldn’t be exploited and children should be taught to think creatively and […]
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Ad Blockers Are Helping the Corporations Kill Net Neutrality
Ad Blockers You wouldn’t take a book from a book store without paying for it or sneak in and out of a movie theater to watch a film without paying. Well, maybe you would, but if you ever did those […]
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To Make Sense of the Brexit Mess, Think Deeper
One thing that most Leavers and Remainers can agree on is that the Brexit process has been a mess. Who is to blame for that mess is as contentious an argument as Brexit itself. To understand why Brexit happened and […]
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Dr. Cornel West on Justice
Dr. Cornel West on Justice Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public. – Dr. Cornel West African-Americans have been fighting for justice for a long, long time. Dr. West is one of the champions. I have […]
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“Thinking the Contemporary”, with Mogobe Ramose
“Thinking the Contemporary”, with Mogobe Ramose Mogobe Ramose Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Africa (UNISA), in Pretoria. He is a Philosopher and a leading figure introducing and debating African philosophy and the Ethics of Ubuntu. African philosophy […]
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Debt Shaming in the Corporate Media
One trend I have noticed on the Internet is “news” stories about people who pay down debt of massive amounts. This one is typical, claiming a teacher paid off $40,000 in student debt on only 1.5 years. Or how about […]
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A Grim Example of What Corporatism Has Done to American Cities
corporatism On a search engine, I chanced across an unlabeled photo that showed a bustling, prosperous American Main Street full of small businesses and activity. Judging from the cars and buses, the photo looked to be from around the 1940s. […]
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