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Rats: A Cautionary Tail

The Rat with a Right to Free Speech

For decades, an inflatable rat has defended the rights of U.S. workers. Now, it turns out the balloon known as “Scabby” needs a union

April 4, 2023 • by Cassandra Brey

Scabby remains a fixture in the world of the union—much like real rats are a fixture of New York City....

Rats: A Cautionary Tail

How to Kill 100 Rats

A manager tackles rats with a sense of personal accountability in one very infested coffee shop

April 3, 2023 • by Curran Boyd

Handling a decaying rat can be detrimental to coffee quality control for the rest of your shift. ...

Rats: A Cautionary Tail

“Everyone Has a Role in Rat Control”

Inside NYC’s Rat Academy and Pest Control Services

April 3, 2023 • by Caroline Bragdon and Katy Einerson

The more community members get involved in addressing the rat problem, the better it will be for all of us....

<strong>“Everyone Has a Role in Rat Control”</strong>

Rats: A Cautionary Tail

Extermination: From Plague, to War

If coexistence is unavoidable, why is “war on rats” discourse so ubiquitous?

April 3, 2023 • by Rafi Youatt

While extermination itself continues to present itself as the desired outcome in cities, the reality is that coexistence with rats is now tacitly accepted at the species level, even while death is pursued at individual and sub-population levels....

Higher Ed

A Faculty Union Can Fight for More Than Money

As a strike looms at Rutgers, our model for campus equity centers teaching and learning

March 29, 2023 • by J. Faith Almiron

J. Faith Almiron discusses the unfair treatment of teachers and educators at Rutgers University. Now a strike is looming....

A Faculty Union Can Fight for More Than Money

Democracy

A Fragile Hope for Democracy in Thailand

An election in May has put the Thai King, the government, and the constitution under pressure. But can the opposition win?

March 29, 2023 • by Tobias Lentz

The May election will be a pivotal moment for Thailand’s democratic future....

<strong>A Fragile Hope for Democracy in Thailand</strong>

Sex & Gender

Blurring the Line between Sex and Art

A conversation with Sophia Giovannitti about misled feminism, desiring objectification, and what is sacred under capitalism

March 29, 2023 • by Sophia Giovannitti and Josephine Houman

I think that outlawing sex work is a form of social control, and then the way that it becomes entrenched or ratified is by stoking fear in people about what sex work means and what it indicates. ...

Politics

Is Ecuador on the Road to Revolution?

Although $36 billion is still missing, socialism is on the rise in Ecuador

March 28, 2023 • by Paloma Velasco

Even right-wing fortresses such as Guayaquil, Ecuador’s economic capital, elected a leftist mayor for the first time in 30 years. ...

Democracy

The Only Way War in Ukraine Can End

On Jessica Pisano’s Staging Democracy and the function of political theater

March 28, 2023 • by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb, James Miller and Jessica Pisano

Zelenskyy’s approach to political leadership has been focused on creating conditions that allow people to self-mobilize and self-govern....

<strong>The Only Way War in Ukraine Can End</strong>

Podcast

Abortion on Demand

March 27, 2023 • by Claire Potter

Today, in many states, all abortions of viable embryos and fetuses are banned regardless of why are where they occur....

War

The Lesson of War We Don’t Learn

Each one is more horrible than the last—and yet, each time, we fall into line. What could persuade us to say no?

March 22, 2023 • by Claire Potter

It’s a horrible irony that those who answer the call for patriotic sacrifice are, in a sense, the best among us....

Genocide

Left on a Mountain to Die

An excerpt from Under the Naga Tail: The escape from the Cambodian Genocide

March 22, 2023 • by James Taing and Mae Bunseng Taing

An excerpt of Under the Naga Tail, the memoir of a refugee who escaped the Killing Fields in Cambodia....

Essays

The Rat with a Right to Free Speech

For decades, an inflatable rat has defended the rights of U.S. workers. Now, it turns out the balloon known as “Scabby” needs a union

How to Kill 100 Rats

A manager tackles rats with a sense of personal accountability in one very infested coffee shop

“Everyone Has a Role in Rat Control”

Inside NYC’s Rat Academy and Pest Control Services

Extermination: From Plague, to War

If coexistence is unavoidable, why is “war on rats” discourse so ubiquitous?

A Faculty Union Can Fight for More Than Money

As a strike looms at Rutgers, our model for campus equity centers teaching and learning

A Fragile Hope for Democracy in Thailand

An election in May has put the Thai King, the government, and the constitution under pressure. But can the opposition win?

Blurring the Line between Sex and Art

A conversation with Sophia Giovannitti about misled feminism, desiring objectification, and what is sacred under capitalism

Is Ecuador on the Road to Revolution?

Although $36 billion is still missing, socialism is on the rise in Ecuador

The Only Way War in Ukraine Can End

On Jessica Pisano’s Staging Democracy and the function of political theater

Abortion on Demand

The Lesson of War We Don’t Learn

Each one is more horrible than the last—and yet, each time, we fall into line. What could persuade us to say no?

Left on a Mountain to Die

An excerpt from Under the Naga Tail: The escape from the Cambodian Genocide

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