The Downsides of Cheap Abundance
Ralph Nader considers a world of cheap abundance–and its unintended consequences.
Blue Skies
Body camera manufacturers see profit in the cop cloud. Ava Kofman reports.
Open Access is a Human Rights Issue
Academic publishing–much of it publicly financed–continues to lock itself behind paywalls while researchers create cute ways around the system. Elliot Harmon tells you why this is a human rights issue.
Prison Phone Calls
When capitalism incapacitates its most precious capital–people. Pamela Gerber considers.
In Powerful Gesture of Black-Palestinian Solidarity, Many Declare ‘When I See Them, I See Us’
Leading Black and Palestinian cultural workers, scholars, and organizers have extended a powerful message of solidarity across bounds of occupation.
Our 2015 City Council Endorsements
Whose city council? Our city council — not Amazon’s!
The View from Nathan’s Bus: Back on the 7, 6pm-9pm
Seattle’s favorite Metro driver returns with the next piece in his recollection of one particular evening shift.
Poets’ Talk: Pope Francis, Masilo, Marc Beaudin, et al.
Gary Corseri and Charles Orloski talk as only poets do about today’s whirling Zeitgeist.
The View from Nathan’s Bus: Michael Jackson
Nathan Vass returns to grace the pages of the Star with a four-part series detailing one last shift on the 7. Part 1: An introduction.
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