The Cost of Housing in America Has Become Untenable The Cost of Housing in America Has Become Untenable
A permanent cohort of people without housing has come to seem like a natural part of American life.
Mar 22, 2023 / Rebecca Gordon
California’s Extreme Weather Is the Future of Climate Change California’s Extreme Weather Is the Future of Climate Change
After years of thirst, the state has been drowning, and the poorest people have been among those hardest hit.
Feb 8, 2023 / Rebecca Gordon
The United States Thinks It’s the Exception to the Rules of War The United States Thinks It’s the Exception to the Rules of War
Unlike the rest of the world, we have “Constitutional rights,” which apparently include the right to commit war crimes with impunity.
Jan 10, 2023 / Rebecca Gordon
Bringing in a Diverse Pool of Voters Works—I Saw It for Myself Bringing in a Diverse Pool of Voters Works—I Saw It for Myself
The strategy that failed in California in 1996—bringing out unlikely voters in communities of workers and people of color—succeeded in Nevada in 2022.
Dec 8, 2022 / Rebecca Gordon
We Still Need Electoral Organizing We Still Need Electoral Organizing
Preserving some form of democratic government two years from now depends in part on keeping Republicans from taking over Congress this year.
Jul 13, 2022 / Rebecca Gordon
The Growing Campus Gender Gap The Growing Campus Gender Gap
Why are there fewer men than women in college today?
Jun 14, 2022 / Rebecca Gordon
The Leftist Argument for Not Paying Your Taxes The Leftist Argument for Not Paying Your Taxes
Not paying taxes for unjust wars has a long history in this country.
Apr 13, 2022 / Rebecca Gordon
Automated Warfare Is Nothing New Automated Warfare Is Nothing New
It didn’t just start with drones—and it won’t stop with them.
Jan 13, 2022 / Rebecca Gordon
Do We Really Need a 24-Hour Economy? Do We Really Need a 24-Hour Economy?
Perhaps the pandemic has given us an opportunity to rethink which goods are so “critical” that we’re willing to let other people risk their lives to provide them for us.
Dec 1, 2021 / Rebecca Gordon
Who Will Be the Barbara Lee of the Next Great Disaster? Who Will Be the Barbara Lee of the Next Great Disaster?
And will we believe her this time?
Oct 22, 2021 / Rebecca Gordon