Why Poverty Isn’t a Halloween Costume Why Poverty Isn’t a Halloween Costume
Not all of us can take off the costumes and go back to a life free of racism and hardship.
Oct 31, 2015 / Stephanie Land
Even Hillary Clinton Thinks It’s Time to Investigate Exxon Even Hillary Clinton Thinks It’s Time to Investigate Exxon
Lawmakers, candidates, and environmental groups are pressing the Department of Justice to probe the oil company’s role in sowing doubt about climate science.
Oct 30, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
What If Your Tap Water Was Too Polluted to Drink? What If Your Tap Water Was Too Polluted to Drink?
This sorry state of affairs is the daily reality for too many Americans.
Oct 30, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Paul Ryan, R-Wall Street Paul Ryan, R-Wall Street
The new speaker backs bank bailouts, risky investment schemes, and trade deals that have battered his hometown.
Oct 30, 2015 / John Nichols
The Movement Against Police Violence Isn’t Ignoring ‘Black-on-Black Crime’ The Movement Against Police Violence Isn’t Ignoring ‘Black-on-Black Crime’
Black Lives Matter activists are concerned about intra-racial violence. But they don’t see police and prisons as the solution.
Oct 29, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith
It’s an Old Trope, but How Well Does the Factory Model Explain Pop Music? It’s an Old Trope, but How Well Does the Factory Model Explain Pop Music?
A new book about the music industry misses the fact that we’ve already entered the post-industrial age.
Oct 29, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
October 29, 1929: The Stock Market Crashes, Plunging the World Into Economic Depression October 29, 1929: The Stock Market Crashes, Plunging the World Into Economic Depression
“Obviously the market must have been extremely vulnerable to offer so little resistance.”
Oct 29, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
When Bank Workers Occupy the Banks When Bank Workers Occupy the Banks
Tellers and retail bankers not only struggle to make ends meet themselves—they’re being pushed to sell predatory financial products in the communities that can least afford them.
Oct 28, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Top CEOs Have $4.9 Billion Saved Up for Retirement. Nearly 1/3 of Workers Have Nothing. Top CEOs Have $4.9 Billion Saved Up for Retirement. Nearly 1/3 of Workers Have Nothing.
Extreme economic inequality has created an even greater disparity in savings for old age.
Oct 28, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
How to Build the Movement for Progressive Power, the Urban Way How to Build the Movement for Progressive Power, the Urban Way
Four local politicians share their ideas for humanizing the “gig economy,” reforming the police, protecting immigrant rights, and solving the municipal budget crisis.
Oct 27, 2015 / John Avalos, Brad Lander, Antonio Reynoso, and Scott Waguespack