Archive | Portside

September 8, 2018

The Rise of the Zombie Small Businesses

Annie Lowrey The Atlantic

What your chicken dinner says about wage stagnation, income inequality, and economic sclerosis in the United States

September 8, 2018

Unions Are Critical in Wealth Creation for People of Color, Research Says

Jordyn Holman Bloomberg

Non-white workers build more wealth as union members Job tenure, benefits create access to saving and investment

September 8, 2018

Why Do We Pledge Allegiance?

Jack David Eller Boston Review

This was the first incarnation of the Pledge of Allegiance, composed by Bellamy, though conspicuously missing two prominent elements, namely, any mention of the United States or of God.

September 8, 2018

Guerrilla Grafting: Public Trees Spliced to Bear Edible Fruit

Kurt Web Urbanist

The Guerrilla Grafters graft fruit bearing branches onto non-fruit bearing, ornamental fruit trees. We aim to turn city streets into food forests, and unravel capitalist civilization one branch at a time.

September 7, 2018

Holding a Place for Humankindness to Go

Phyllis Klein Portside

The subject of Phyllis Klein’s poem is homelessness and a simple, albeit personal solution.

Inside the Trauma of Family Separation

September 7, 2018

An unflinching look at one family's chaotic experience being forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Obama Rebukes Trump Ahead of Midterm Elections

September 7, 2018

Barack Obama says Donald Trump is a "symptom, not the cause" of division and polarization in the U.S.

Rudy Giuliani Defends Trump | Our Cartoon President

September 7, 2018

President's attorney Rudy Giuliani appears on Anderson Cooper to defend President Trump

Skin Deep | Buddy Guy

September 7, 2018

Playing For Change and Buddy Guy unite to record and film his anthem, “Skin Deep.” The song includes over 50 musicians from coast to coast.

'Job Shaming' Actor Geoffrey Owens Totally Backfired

September 7, 2018

Actor Geoffrey Owens (“The Cosby Show”) speaks out after articles from Fox News and other media outlets attempted to “job shame” him for working at Trader Joe’s. Owens says the Fox News article about him was “an attempt to make someone feel small about what they do for a living” but it has “totally backfired”.