Cara Lisa Berg Powers – “T” Is For The Troubling Changes On “Sesame Street”

Link to an article by Cara Lisa Berg Powers:

“‘T’ Is For The Troubling Changes On ‘Sesame Street'”

Selected Quote:

“So the real problem is that—like schools, transportation, prisons, and a laundry list of other things we used to believe should be our collective responsibility—Sesame Street has become another neo-liberal compromise.”

Bonus link: “Obey the Cookie Monster: Sesame Street and Social Control”

Daniel Raventós & Julie Wark – Basic Income: The Silence in the Noise

Link to an article by Daniel Raventós & Julie Wark:

“Basic Income: The Silence in the Noise”

Bonus links: “Basic Income, Basic Issues” and “The Argument Against Basic Income” (note that this critique assumes there is no intent to move beyond capitalism behind a BIG, and that private ownership of the means of production should remain dominant; but the technical point that a basic income could be completely undermined by inflation under that assumption is significant).