We Must Change the Way We Measure Economic Health We Must Change the Way We Measure Economic Health
Our primary focus should be on improving the lives of our most marginalized—and without an arbitrary price tag.
Feb 25, 2021 / Jhumpa Bhattacharya and Andrea Flynn
How the United States Chose to Become a Country of Homelessness How the United States Chose to Become a Country of Homelessness
For months, our leaders have known that the Covid-19 crisis could force millions of people from their homes. They decided to let it happen.
Jan 13, 2021 / Feature / Dale Maharidge
Housing Is a Right. During a Pandemic, It’s Also a Fight. Housing Is a Right. During a Pandemic, It’s Also a Fight.
In California’s agricultural heartland, farmworkers are fighting back against expensive rents, substandard housing, and economic disenfranchisement.
Jan 12, 2021 / Photo Essay / David Bacon
9 Months Into Touch-Free Living, What Shall We Birth? 9 Months Into Touch-Free Living, What Shall We Birth?
“Thanks Forgiving,” a poem.
Dec 2, 2020 / Verandah Porche
Labor, Land, and Legacy: What New Might We Grow in the Shell of the Old? Labor, Land, and Legacy: What New Might We Grow in the Shell of the Old?
An immigrant family went from running a small restaurant to becoming small landlords. Amid pandemic uncertainty, their daughter wonders, What’s my place?
Oct 21, 2020 / Nadia Maria Mohamed
How Did American Cities Become So Unequal? How Did American Cities Become So Unequal?
A new history of Ed Logue and his vision of urban renewal documents the broken promises of midcentury liberalism.
Oct 19, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
Will Deeper Segregation Be Bill de Blasio’s Legacy? Will Deeper Segregation Be Bill de Blasio’s Legacy?
New York’s “progressive” mayor is backing wealthy Manhattanites who want to show the homeless the door.
Oct 9, 2020 / Corinne Low and Shams DaBaron
On Louisville, Breonna Taylor, and Muhammad Ali On Louisville, Breonna Taylor, and Muhammad Ali
Louisville is hallowed ground, the birthplace of Muhammad Ali. It will now, thanks to Daniel Cameron, also be remembered as the home of an unspeakable injustice.
Sep 25, 2020 / Dave Zirin
The Stories We Tell About Class The Stories We Tell About Class
A conversation with Eula Biss about the nature of work, leisure, consumption, and her new book Having and Being Had.
Sep 16, 2020 / Q&A / Tal Milovina
A Movement for Housing Justice Is Camped Out on Philly Streets A Movement for Housing Justice Is Camped Out on Philly Streets
Activists gather to protect encampments and demand that the city transfer buildings to a community land trust.
Sep 16, 2020 / Chris Gelardi