We’re in a time of global and national crises. President Biden must rise to the task.
Economy
Businesses owned by people of color are particularly vulnerable to the economic impacts of COVID-19. So this year, consider ditching the big corporations and opt for patronizing these small businesses instead.
There’s an easy way for Biden to help restart the U.S. economy, invest in infrastructure, and repair environmental damage: Revive the Civilian Conservation Corps.
A post-pandemic world will call for a more activist, community-centered approach to global development.
Gig workers like flexibility, but get no benefits. Employees get the reverse (usually). There’s a better way with platform cooperatives.
Prioritizing short-term profits over everything else has created a system that is consuming itself to extinction. Here’s what an economy that valued human life and the planet would look like.
A former economic hit man describes his part in setting up what he calls a “Death Economy.”
The COVID-19 outbreak is the planet’s way of telling us to do better, both in the environment and in the economy.
The Aloha State is working towards establishing a new, more equitable post-pandemic normal for vulnerable communities.
Campaign finance is part of the problem, but have you heard of the “capital strike”?
It’s all about the incentives and weighing risks: Staying home has to be more attractive than going out.
A long history of racism has prevented many Black folks from owning land or homes—making it harder to accrue wealth and pass it on to future generations.
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