Why Fixing Potholes Is Key to This Mayor’s Radical Political Agenda Why Fixing Potholes Is Key to This Mayor’s Radical Political Agenda
A conversation with Chokwe Antar Lumumba about poverty, race, and building a “dignity economy.”
Dec 13, 2018 / Greg Kaufmann
New York Has a Plan to Tackle Some of Its Worst Carbon Polluters New York Has a Plan to Tackle Some of Its Worst Carbon Polluters
Hint: We’re looking at you, Trump Tower.
Dec 13, 2018 / Sophie Kasakove
Kenya’s Growth Doesn’t Help All Kenyans Kenya’s Growth Doesn’t Help All Kenyans
Despite government aims to make the country Africa’s “digital hub,” the economy remains unequal and unproductive.
Dec 4, 2018 / Sabine Cessou
These Utah Activists Are Determined to Stop Trump From Stealing Our Public Lands These Utah Activists Are Determined to Stop Trump From Stealing Our Public Lands
A year after Trump shrunk Bears Ears and Grand Staircase–Escalante, Native Americans, green groups, and cities are fighting back.
Dec 4, 2018 / Jimmy Tobias
All of a Sudden, Politicians Are Ready to Tackle America’s Housing Crisis All of a Sudden, Politicians Are Ready to Tackle America’s Housing Crisis
Upstart candidates and 2020 presidential hopefuls alike are putting the perennially ignored issue at the top of the agenda.
Nov 20, 2018 / Bryce Covert
The Scam at the Heart of New York’s Amazon Deal The Scam at the Heart of New York’s Amazon Deal
New York is struggling with competing housing, education, and transit crises. So why is it giving billions to a voracious mega-monopoly?
Nov 19, 2018 / Jarrett Murphy
Progressives Point the Way to Recapturing the Rural Vote Progressives Point the Way to Recapturing the Rural Vote
Democrats would do well to remember a fundamental truth that this year’s elections only amplified: Real power is built from the bottom up.
Nov 13, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Election Day Brought Thrilling Victory—and Devastating Defeat—to the Housing Movement Election Day Brought Thrilling Victory—and Devastating Defeat—to the Housing Movement
Activists won some crucial initiatives, but the real-estate industry spent massively to sink others.
Nov 9, 2018 / Jimmy Tobias
Rereading Alinsky in Baltimore Rereading Alinsky in Baltimore
Why broad-based organizing still matters in an age of hashtag activism.
Nov 8, 2018 / Nick Bowlin
Letting Noncitizens Vote in the Trump Era Letting Noncitizens Vote in the Trump Era
Undocumented immigrants could cast ballots for most of American history—now a few cities want to renew that tradition.
Nov 1, 2018 / Rachel M. Cohen