Stories by Astra Taylor
Astra Taylor is a writer and documentary filmmaker. Her latest film is Examined Life: Excursions With Contemporary Thinkers, now available with a companion book, published by The New Press.
Posted on May 8, 2012, Source: N+1 Magazine
David Graeber, Mike Konczal, Sarah Jaffe and Brian Kalkbrenner discuss debt--what it is, why we're drowning in it, why it's a political issue. Moderated by Astra Taylor.
Posted on Aug 13, 2009, Source: The New Press
Ethicist Peter Singer argues that it's pretty black and white when it comes to making choices about where you spend your money.
Posted on Nov 2, 2007, Source: Adbusters
Americans keep making less and spending more. That lifestyle is contributing to supersized debt and the decline of progressive politics.
Posted on Mar 22, 2007, Source: AlterNet
Since its fiery demise in 1969, there have been various attempts to revive Students for a Democratic Society. All such efforts failed ... until recently.
Posted on Aug 4, 2006, Source: AlterNet
The U.S. military is poisoning the very citizens it is supposed to protect in the name of national security.
Posted on Jun 8, 2006, Source: AlterNet
The author of a novel about Vietnam-era radicals says you have to understand the '60s to make sense of the mess we're in today.
Posted on May 19, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Conservatives are winning the battle over how the 1960s are remembered. But their version is far from the truth.
