How Federal Housing Programs Failed Black America How Federal Housing Programs Failed Black America

In Race for Profit, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor shows how even those housing policies that sought to create more Black homeowners were stymied by racism and a determination to shr...

Aug 25, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Marcia Chatelain

Letters From the August 10/17, 2020, Issue Letters From the August 10/17, 2020, Issue

Demilitarize the police… The case for public banks… Wrestlemania… A perverse legacy… Spinning their wheels…

Jul 28, 2020 / Our Readers

What We Can Learn From Feminist Federal Credit Unions What We Can Learn From Feminist Federal Credit Unions

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, women- and minority-owned businesses are still contending with unequal access to credit.

Jul 23, 2020 / Cecilia Nowell

Why JPMorgan Chase Should Give $1 Billion to Black Neighborhoods in Chicago Why JPMorgan Chase Should Give $1 Billion to Black Neighborhoods in Chicago

Activist Ja’Mal Green wants the nation’s biggest bank to pay reparations for its history of racist lending.

Jul 6, 2020 / Q&A / Daniel Fernandez

What Does It Really Mean to Invest In Black Communities? What Does It Really Mean to Invest In Black Communities?

As the call grows to “divest and invest,” it is essential that we not exchange the violence of the police for the violence of finance capitalism.

Jun 29, 2020 / Feature / Destin Jenkins

To Save New York City, We Need to Follow the Money To Save New York City, We Need to Follow the Money

May 19, 2020 / Helen Rosenthal

How Trump’s Foreign Policy Puts Troops at Risk of Covid-19 How Trump’s Foreign Policy Puts Troops at Risk of Covid-19

A leaked intelligence brief reveals US sanctions have “left Iran bereft of financial resources to mount an effective public health response.”

Apr 22, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein

Republicans Need to Take This Pandemic Seriously Republicans Need to Take This Pandemic Seriously

Responsible public health measures? Probably a liberal hoax. 

Apr 14, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Out From Under ‘the Economy’ Out From Under ‘the Economy’

Covid-19 proves we can’t conflate the market’s health with workers’ well-being.

Mar 30, 2020 / Sheetal Chhabria and Aparna Gopalan

Trump Wouldn’t Save You From This Pandemic Even if He Could Trump Wouldn’t Save You From This Pandemic Even if He Could

This administration has always prioritized Wall Street over working Americans. Its response to the coronavirus will be more of the same.

Mar 13, 2020 / Nomi Prins