Silver linings: Supplement savvy — pills, promises and placebos

What do Jennifer Aniston, LeBron James and tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson all have in common? They all take a boatload of supplements for healthy aging.

Do the ultra-wealthy know something the rest of us don’t know? Because they sure seem to be spending tons of money on health-related supplements like NAD+, collagen, resveratrol and ashwagandha (dare you to try pronouncing the last…

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The Left Needs an Alternative Cosmopolitanism

While many critics view rising global chaos strictly in geopolitical terms, political philosopher Lea Ypi argues that it’s really ideological — the result of an increasingly coordinated global right. To compete, the Left must internationalize in equal measure.


At the annual May Day march in London, demonstrators held sunflowers as a show of solidarity. (Dan Kitwood / Getty…

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Americans (Still) Support a Federal Jobs Guarantee

In poll after poll, Americans across the political spectrum support a federal jobs guarantee. And yet it’s never mentioned in mainstream political discourse. New survey data makes the case even harder to ignore.


Across virtually every poll, the basic proposition that the government should guarantee a job to anyone who wants one commanded majority support. (Justin Sullivan / Getty…

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The Capitalist Interests Behind Donald Trump

Trumpism is often cast as a personalist project representing no coherent capitalist interest. But it is also the product of splits within the ruling class and a new power bloc uniting the tech-military complex, crypto-capital, and extractivists.


Many mainstream accounts of Donald Trump’s rise focus on his electoral appeal in the Rust Belt — but his misses a key aspect of his success:…

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Instead of Pandering, Democrats Should Try Changing Voters’ Minds

Early last year, polls and media commentary suggested that crime would be the defining issue of the New York City mayoral race. Then, Zohran Mamdani’s campaign started to take off. By the end of the race, the news organizations that conduct exit polls asked voters to choose the top issue animating their votes among these five choices: crime, cost of living, health care, immigration, and…

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