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Factory Farms and the Next Pandemic: How Industrial Animal Agriculture Fuels Global Health Threats
Zoonotic diseases linked to factory farming raise pandemic risks, but food tech innovations offer a safer alternative. By Alex Crisp...

The Left Chapter
6 days ago5 min read
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Palestine and the Collapse of the ‘Rules-Based World Order’
Image of Gaza via António Guterres on X By Peiman Salehi As of May 2025, the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza has reached an...

The Left Chapter
May 192 min read
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Sanctions as Civilizational Warfare: The Human Cost of U.S. Economic Pressure
By Peiman Salehi Economic sanctions are often described as ‘peaceful’ alternatives to war. Yet for millions in countries like Iran and...

The Left Chapter
May 83 min read
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Israel Inflicts Revenge on Palestinians for Its Own Intelligence Failure
People trying to resume their daily lives in Gaza, February 22, 2025 -- Jaber Jehad Badwan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay...
Michael Laxer
Mar 124 min read
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What Are the Origins of the Money We Use Today? Revisiting Heinrich Schurtz’s Groundbreaking Research
The pioneering research by one of the founders of economic anthropology is essential for understanding the social and institutional...
Michael Laxer
Mar 918 min read
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‘Only the People Can Save the People,’ Say Migrant Workers
The National Day Laborers Organizing Network (NDLON) embodies an ethos of “solidarity, not charity,” in both fire relief and immigrant...
Michael Laxer
Feb 215 min read
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This Clinic in Chicago Offers Free Legal Aid to Solidarity Economy Groups
The Community Enterprise and Solidarity Clinic is part of a growing mutual aid movement in Chicago, Illinois. The University of Illinois...
Michael Laxer
Feb 55 min read
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Why We Evolved to Dream at Night and What Dreams Mean
We forget most of our dreams. So why do we have them? By Leslie Alan Horvitz No one knows why we dream. It stands to reason that dreams...
Michael Laxer
Jan 3124 min read
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The Banana Road From South America to China
Representational image. By Vijay Prashad In November, Álvaro Noboa, the father of Ecuador’s president Daniel Noboa, had a heart attack....
Michael Laxer
Jan 36 min read
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Besieged and Bombed Amid Famine, Hundreds of Thousands of IDPs Struggle to Survive in Darfur
As the war between Sudan’s security forces continues into its 21st month, casualties mount in North Darfur’s besieged capital El Fasher,...
Michael Laxer
Dec 21, 20246 min read
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How the Braiding Seeds Fellowship Works to Uproot Racism in the Food System
This Petersburgh, New York, organization fights racial injustice in the food system. By Damon Orion Racism has been embedded in America’s...
Michael Laxer
Dec 13, 202411 min read
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The Commercial Fishing Industry Is Destroying Vital Marine Ecosystems
Fish are sentient beings subjected to cruelty to maximize profits for the multibillion-dollar industry. By Vicky Bond The unsustainable...
Michael Laxer
Dec 8, 202410 min read
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The Carbon Soil Opportunity: Organic Farming Helps Counter Climate Change
Switching to organic products is an easy way to eat healthier and support the environment. Elina Mark, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia...
Michael Laxer
Dec 3, 20246 min read
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The Hunter-Gatherer Guide to Keeping Society Equal
By Brenna R. Hassett There is a great deal of attention in modern societies to inequality and the social problems it causes. Often...
Michael Laxer
Nov 27, 20245 min read
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Cities Made Differently: Try Imagining Another Urban Existence
We know from history that there are many ways we can live together—let’s explore the idea. Aerroscape & Lino Zeddies, CC BY-SA 4.0 By...
Michael Laxer
Nov 23, 20246 min read
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This Chicago Community Envisions a World Without Prisons and Police
The #LetUsBreathe Collective offers a hub for art, activism, and healing to those impacted by mass incarceration. By Damon Orion Often...
Michael Laxer
Nov 18, 20244 min read
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Military Massacres in Sudan’s Breadbasket Are Fueling an Unprecedented Famine
Worsening the world’s largest displacement crisis, attacks by RSF killing hundreds have affected 120 villages in the Gezira, forcing...
Michael Laxer
Nov 15, 20244 min read
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How Local and Federal Institutions Are (and Aren’t) Taking Care of North Carolina’s Hurricane Survivors—and What Mutual Aid Groups Are Doing to Help
Grassroots organizations are helping rebuild North Carolina communities after Hurricane Helene. Haywood County North Carolina after...
Michael Laxer
Nov 8, 20245 min read
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The Globalized, Industrialized Food System Is Destroying the World—We Urgently Need to Support Local Food Economies
Our food system is linked to an economic system fundamentally biased against what’s good for people and the planet. By Helena...
Michael Laxer
Nov 2, 20248 min read
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How Corporate News Has Tried to Numb Americans to the Horrors in Gaza
Protest against the Israeli war on Gaza outside the New York Times building, November, 2023 -- image via X By Norman Solomon As the Gaza...
Michael Laxer
Sep 9, 20244 min read
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