Portside

We upended our lives during the pandemic, but our response to what we know is happening to the planet has remained business-as-usual.

In the gold-rush era, initial ceremonial greetings soon gave way to bigotry and violence as Chinese immigrants were tarred as a “coolie race” and cast as a threat to free white labor. The two books under review tell the story of how and why.

The statute is the culmination of a decades-long strategy to end abortion without actually banning abortion.

These emergency rulings – short, unsigned and issued without hearing oral arguments – undermine the public’s faith in the integrity of the court

Only 11% of the rental assistance money allocated by Congress has been distributed. “If that money was parceled out at even a somewhat reasonable rate, there would be no crisis at all.”

Starbucks workers in the Buffalo area announced that they were forming a union called Starbucks Workers United.

"There have been many books on neoliberalism and financialization," writes reviewer Sharpe, but few others "have traced the history down to the level of individual documents and memos."

COVID, Climate, and capitalism - the crises without borders

“The loss of federal eviction protections and the ongoing pandemic has put our most vulnerable neighbors at risk of losing their homes,” said Janey, who also announced a $5 million fund to help homeowners avoid foreclosure.

The budget standoff revealed a new power balance in the Democratic Party.