Economics

Toasting Our Destruction

Toasting Our Destruction Toasting Our Destruction

Exploiting natural resources to extinction.

Jun 25, 2021 / OppArt / Sue Coe

California tent encampments

The Fight Against Homelessness in California Is Just Beginning The Fight Against Homelessness in California Is Just Beginning

New plans are promising, but they’re also just stopgap measures in confronting the West Coast’s burgeoning housing crisis.

Jun 25, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Home health aide cleaning for a patient

Domestic Workers Are Using the Gig Economy Against Itself Domestic Workers Are Using the Gig Economy Against Itself

Domestic workers are taking advantage of the “disruptor” tech companies that are trying to redefine work to win labor protections.

Jun 25, 2021 / Erica Smiley

Chavez Ross

Our Fathers Fought GOP Voter Suppression 70 Years Ago Our Fathers Fought GOP Voter Suppression 70 Years Ago

Cesar Chavez and Fred Ross Sr. knew it would take a movement to fight measures aimed at intimidating Latino voters. So they built one.

Jun 23, 2021 / Paul Chavez and Fred Ross Jr.

Rev William Barber protest

Have We Entered America’s Third Era of Reconstruction? Have We Entered America’s Third Era of Reconstruction?

The first two have much to teach us about the possibilities and dangers that abound today.

Jun 23, 2021 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

Lina Khan

Appointing Lina Khan May Be the Best Thing Joe Biden Has Done Appointing Lina Khan May Be the Best Thing Joe Biden Has Done

Massive corporations have wielded extraordinary power over our economy for the past 40 years. That’s about to end. Why? Because there’s a new sheriff in town.

Jun 22, 2021 / Morgan Harper and Zephyr Teachout

Maya Resilience

Maya Resilience Maya Resilience

VP Kamala Harris recently visited Guatemala, where the local economy is threatened by the corporate takeover of food production and distribution.

Jun 17, 2021 / OppArt / Ottoniel Chavajay

The Promise and Hubris of Silicon Valley’s Vision of How We Eat The Promise and Hubris of Silicon Valley’s Vision of How We Eat

A conversation with Larissa Zimberoff about the emergence of food start-ups, lab-made solutions, and the future of the American diet.

Jun 17, 2021 / Q&A / Naomi Elias

Planet in Distress

Planet in Distress Planet in Distress

The call to rebel against extinction grows.

Jun 16, 2021 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

Loss Runs Like a River Through My Life

Loss Runs Like a River Through My Life Loss Runs Like a River Through My Life

On grief’s unequal racial burden, and the Internet as a vehicle to negotiate survival and turn collective grief into collective action.

Jun 16, 2021 / Malkia Devich-Cyril

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