Jamileh Ebrahimi, Educational Justice Organizer Jamileh Ebrahimi, Educational Justice Organizer
Want to improve K-12 schools in your city? Get your friends involved, says Ebrahimi.
Mar 10, 2009 / Feature / Jamilah King
DC Voting Rights Debacle DC Voting Rights Debacle
The Democrats fail to stop a draconian gun amendment from being attached to an otherwise worthwhile bill backing representation for DC citizens.
Mar 10, 2009 / Greg Kaufmann
Economy, Ecology, Empire Economy, Ecology, Empire
Today's threefold crisis of capitalism may yet spark a great revolt from below.
Mar 10, 2009 / Feature / John Bellamy Foster
The Coming Economic Storm The Coming Economic Storm
If unemployment keeps rising and people with jobs stop spending, the atmospherics are right for a typhoon of misery on a scale of what Americans suffered in the early 1930s.
Mar 10, 2009 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
In Defense of Earmarks In Defense of Earmarks
The US Senate spent yesterday freaking out on Capitol Hill about the spending bill. Senators are wrangling about its passage because so many of the proposed spending items fall u...
Mar 10, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Structural Racism and the Financial Crisis Structural Racism and the Financial Crisis
Can we transform the economy without addressing racial disparities in the United States?
Mar 10, 2009 / GRITtv
Why Should We Listen to Simon Johnson? Why Should We Listen to Simon Johnson?
Simon Johnson, the former IMF economist has become the Lil Wayne of meltdown commentary. He's everywhere: This American Life, Fresh Air, TPM, etc. And I've found him incredibly pe...
Mar 10, 2009 / Chris Hayes
UBS: Washington’s Old Friend Is Now a Foe UBS: Washington’s Old Friend Is Now a Foe
After years of hiding US money in their Swiss offices, UBS faces a Senate committee made up of legislators under their payroll.
Mar 10, 2009 / American News Project
Michael Pollan Wants Your Help Michael Pollan Wants Your Help
The great food writer Michael Pollan, author of The Botany of Desire, the Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food, has gained a passionate following by encouraging us to change ...
Mar 10, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
What Is the State of Feminism Today? What Is the State of Feminism Today?
Staceyann Chin, Linda Martin Alcoff and Jennifer Baumgardner discuss the politics of feminism today.
Mar 10, 2009 / GRITtv