Republican Anarchism: Globalization, Domination and the Nation-State
There are two broad approaches to globalization and global justice in the philosophical literature, namely statism and cosmopolitanism. Statists take the nation-state and its...
Does White Supremacy Explain Anything?
Stark racial inequality calls out for explanation and redress. When police brutalize and kill Black people, when pundits quarrel about racial gaps in opportunity...
A Philosophy of Sedition?
Shadi Bartsch, professor of Classics at the University of Chicago called it “weird.” "It" here refers to an excerpt from a New York Times...
Relational Egalitarianism is Not about Egalitarian Relationships
That equality is an essential part of justice - or even that justice just is some kind of equality - has been central to...
Solidarity, Not Charity: Mutual Aid’s An-archic History
Cover image: Molly Costello
Although mutual aid has long been practiced by community organizers and activists, it gained prominence in U.S. media over the last...
A Coup by Any Other Name: Reflections on Democracy, Defense, and White Supremacy
1:40 PM CST. I am writing this on January 6, 2021, the day of the Electoral College vote certification, while watching ABC News through...
The Siege of the Capitol and ‘Civil War’
One of the many controversies precipitated by the January 6th unrest at the Capitol has been a terminological controversy around words like ‘sedition’, ‘insurrection’,...
‘Ideas are Medicine’: An Interview with Leon and Alen from Seize the Moment
Below is an edited and heavily condensed transcript of the interview. To watch the full, unedited interview, go over to the Seize the Moment...
Absolute Banana Republic Crap: Reflections on the “Assault” on the Capitol
As scenes of Trump supporters storming the US Capitol filled media outlets and social media on January 6th, shocked journalists repeated again and again...
Parable of Change
Georgia is where my sister lives with her family. Her oldest child, my goddaughter, epitomizes Black girl magic. She is a leader. She is...