The Common Good
Capitalism, war, work and politics
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September 2, 2021
Featured Essays
Thijs Lijster, “The Commons versus Capitalism: Can commonality dodge the threat of capitalist exploitation and develop into an organizational principle for complex societies?” (August 31, 2021)
Hannah Hightman, “Branding Myself:How a freelance writer’s summer internship made her reconsider how to market herself.” (September 1, 2021)
Politics
Amanda Demmer and Claire Potter, “In the Aftermath of War: What the post-1975 history of the Vietnam War should teach us about the days, months, and years after the United States leaves Afghanistan.” (August 27, 2021)
Jo Freeman, “The 2021 Voting Rights March, a Photo Essay: August 28 has become an anniversary to celebrate the accomplishments of African-Americans and to demand more rights.” (September 1, 2021)
Changes
Jeff Goldfarb, “Retiring Does Not Mean Throwing in the Towel: Closing one chapter on work allows so much else to begin.” (August 11, 2021)
Podcast
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, and Neil J. Young, “The U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Past Present Podcast, Episode 291.” (August 31, 2021)
Our columnists:
Pat Garafolo, “The Big Tax Breaks Behind Big Chicken: All subsidizing these giants does is reinforce the status quo.” (September 1, 2021)
Heather Cox Richardson, “Individualism Vs. the Common Good in America: For all that Republicans insist that individualism is the heart of Americanism, in fact the history of federal protection of the common good began in the 1860s.” (August 30, 2021)
John Stoehr, “Will GOP Voters Go to War with Corporations Over New Vaccine Mandates? And what are Republican leaders going to do when the civil society moves in the direction of good public health?” (August 30, 2021)
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