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Scott Casleton is a PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley studying political philosophy and intellectual history. He has a degree in philosophy from Yale University. Find him on Twitter: @scott_casleton.
Sociologist Alex Vitale explains how the U.S. policing crisis begins with politics—the decision to embrace neoliberal austerity and to turn the social problems it creates over to police.
Noam Chomsky and Scott Casleton discuss socialism, anarchism, and the fight for progress in U.S. politics today.
Gina Haspel’s confirmation hearing is later this week. Here’s why we should all be concerned.
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