3 posts tagged with capitalism by praemunire.
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The Lost Story of New York’s Most Powerful Black Woman
In her remarkable life, Elizabeth Gloucester embodied a new model of Black, feminist capitalism. [more inside]
Seeing Beyond the Beauty of Vermeer
The violence of his era can be found in his serene masterpieces — if you know where to look. (NYT, ungated) [more inside]
Why Poverty Persists in America
The question that should serve as a looping incantation, the one we should ask every time we drive past a tent encampment, those tarped American slums smelling of asphalt and bodies, or every time we see someone asleep on the bus, slumped over in work clothes, is simply: Who benefits? Not: Why don’t you find a better job? Or: Why don’t you move? Or: Why don’t you stop taking out payday loans? But: Who is feeding off this? [more inside]
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