What if People Owned the Banks, Instead of Wall Street? What if People Owned the Banks, Instead of Wall Street?
From Seattle to Santa Fe, cities are at the center of a movement to create publicly owned banks.
May 22, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias
The Government Wouldn’t Rein In the Banks’ Predatory Practices—Until These Tellers Stepped In The Government Wouldn’t Rein In the Banks’ Predatory Practices—Until These Tellers Stepped In
The Committee for Better Banks is organizing to change the banking industry from the inside out.
May 8, 2017 / Feature / Jimmy Tobias
Is This Small City the Future of Democratic Engagement in America? Is This Small City the Future of Democratic Engagement in America?
Activists in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, have embarked on a nonstop campaign to resurrect the practice of progressive politics in the heart of Trump country.
May 2, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias
From Austin to Missoula, This Is What the Fight Against Trumpism Looks Like From Austin to Missoula, This Is What the Fight Against Trumpism Looks Like
Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, April edition.
Apr 28, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias
Trans Rights Weren’t the Only Target of North Carolina’s ‘Bathroom Bill’ Trans Rights Weren’t the Only Target of North Carolina’s ‘Bathroom Bill’
HB2 is part of a sweeping attack on local progressive power by Republican state legislatures.
Mar 31, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias
These Cities Are Pulling Billions From the Banks That Support the Dakota Access Pipeline These Cities Are Pulling Billions From the Banks That Support the Dakota Access Pipeline
From Seattle to San Francisco, Albuquerque to Raleigh, cities are joining the fight to defund the controversial pipeline.
Mar 20, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias
Can a Champion of Black Lives Matter Become Mayor of St. Louis? Can a Champion of Black Lives Matter Become Mayor of St. Louis?
Tishaura Jones is running to “uproot racism” just a few miles from the streets where Michael Brown was murdered.
Mar 3, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias
This Government Agency Has the Power to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Will It? This Government Agency Has the Power to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Will It?
It is time for the Army Corps of Engineers to make amends for its past treatment of the Standing Rock Sioux and other tribes by stopping the pipeline.
Nov 14, 2016 / Jimmy Tobias
This Small City Has a Plan to Fight the Silicon Valley Housing Crisis This Small City Has a Plan to Fight the Silicon Valley Housing Crisis
A ballot initiative in Richmond, California, could help determine whether rent control makes a comeback in the Bay Area.
Nov 4, 2016 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias
This Conservation Program Is the Most Successful in US History. Why Are Republicans Destroying It? This Conservation Program Is the Most Successful in US History. Why Are Republicans Destroying It?
The Land and Water Conservation Fund is just the first of several vaunted nature and wildlife programs the GOP wants to kill.
Nov 18, 2015 / Jimmy Tobias