The Strike at McDonald’s
In These Times
It's About More Than Fighting Abuse—It’s About Workplace Democracy
The Long History of Debt Cancellation
Boston Review
Moral thinking about debt has fluctuated throughout U.S. history. Today’s calls for cancellation suggest it may be poised for transformation once again.
Redlining
Steel Toe Review
The Alabama-based poet Ashley M. Jones has a thing or two to say about “redlining” (aka housing discrimination).
Hearst Magazines Staffers Unionizing Across Two Dozen Publications, Forming Giant for Writers Guild of America
Daily Beast
Hearst joins an ever-growing number of media organizations that have been unionized in the past several years. But Hearst staffers’ decision to unionize across two-dozen publications will encompass more titles than almost any other U.S. media union.
What the Coup Against Evo Morales Means to Indigenous People Like Me
The Guardian
The indigenous-socialist project accomplished what neoliberalism has repeatedly failed to do: redistribute wealth to society’s poorest sectors
Sanders or Warren? Populist-Progressivism or New Deal? Take Your Pick!
Working Class Studies
While they draw on different historical roots, Warren and Sanders offer remarkably similar platforms. Both are keepers of a progressive reform flame
Warren Would Take Billionaires Down a Few Billion Pegs
The New York Times
This modest-sounding proposal would have a far-reaching impact on the wealthiest Americans when combined with her other tax plans — shrinking colossal fortunes over time and making it much more difficult to hand down multibillion-dollar legacies
Understanding the Science of Climate Change
Made in consultation with leading climate scientists, this groundbreaking documentary explains how we may be in the middle of the most crucial moment of Earth's history. It decodes data into digestible science, punctuated in places by clever CGI
Why It’s So Hard to Get Mental Health Care | Hasan Minhaj
Hasan talks about his own experience with mental health therapy and shines a spotlight on the fight to bridge the disparity in treatment between mental and physical health
Bernie, AOC Unveil $180 Billion Green New Deal for Public Housing
The legislation aims to repair and upgrade public housing by securing renewable energy sources for approximately one million federally owned public housing units, affecting some two million people
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