Our social safety net and the government’s response so far have been woefully inadequate for addressing a national emergency.
Economy
The pandemic is exposing the deep systemic problems in our society—and it removes any excuse for not addressing them.
States and cities have introduced legislation to allow public banking.
Our current economic paradigm is leading us to a world that nobody wants. To change that, we will have to invent an economics suited to the 21st century.
Flu infection rates dropped in cities that implemented mandatory paid sick leave.
A new movement targeting “missing middle” housing is looking to meet the needs of people priced out of expensive markets but who don’t qualify for low-income subsidies.
We already spend that much on health care.
Many of our biggest capitalist businesses provide examples of how to organize programs like a Green New Deal and Medicare for All.
After Hurricane Maria and earthquakes devastated the island territory, grassroots activists are helping ensure that recovery will be more just than before.
Just after 5 a.m. on Jan. 14, about 30 deputies from the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office arrived at 2928 Magnolia St. in West Oakland. They came armed with rifles and
The trans and undocumented Latinas who started the Mirror Beauty Cooperative want it to be a model for equal pay and worker-ownership.
The U.S. economic system contributes to ongoing crises of addiction and mental health. The Scandinavians figured out the solutions decades ago.
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