Eleni Schirmer is a writer and a research associate with the Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA. She also organizes with the Debt Collective.
Pronouncing debt cancellation DOA takes the Supreme Court’s ruling as the last word—precisely at the moment when the court’s authority demands challenge, not complacency.
The $4 billion in federal Covid relief funds coming to the city offers an unprecedented chance to deliver affordable housing, safe schools, and secure neighborhoods. The mayor wants to pay back the banks.