There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 6: Trickery, Fraud, and Deception in Brooklyn There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 6: Trickery, Fraud, and Deception in Brooklyn
In the wild world of Brooklyn real estate, developers looking to cash in don’t always play by the rules.
Apr 13, 2016 / Podcast / There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
Can Neighborhoods Be Revitalized Without Gentrifying Them? Can Neighborhoods Be Revitalized Without Gentrifying Them?
Baltimore’s new housing plan could provide a form of neighborhood uplift that benefits communities, not developers.
Apr 11, 2016 / Michelle Chen
The Battle Against Prisons for Kids The Battle Against Prisons for Kids
We’re feeding children into a system that breaks them.
Apr 11, 2016 / Natasha Lennard
Capitalist Deserter Pfizer Just Got a Spanking Capitalist Deserter Pfizer Just Got a Spanking
Obama’s Treasury Department has tightened regulations to prevent multinationals from fleeing abroad in what are known as “corporate inversions.”
Apr 8, 2016 / William Greider
Asking for a Friend: I’m Putting My Kids Through College With an Evil Job—Should I Quit? Asking for a Friend: I’m Putting My Kids Through College With an Evil Job—Should I Quit?
And another questioner just can’t quit Amazon.
Apr 7, 2016 / Liza Featherstone
The Problem With Hillary Clinton Isn’t Just Her Corporate Cash. It’s Her Corporate Worldview. The Problem With Hillary Clinton Isn’t Just Her Corporate Cash. It’s Her Corporate Worldview.
Clinton is uniquely unsuited to the epic task of confronting the fossil-fuel companies that profit from climate change.
Apr 6, 2016 / Naomi Klein
We Are Winning the Fight for $15 We Are Winning the Fight for $15
What started with 200 workers striking in New York has ballooned into a national movement wielding real political power.
Apr 6, 2016 / Michelle Chen
The Panama Papers—and People Power—Force Iceland’s Prime Minister to Resign The Panama Papers—and People Power—Force Iceland’s Prime Minister to Resign
Citizens are enraged that his government enforced strict capital controls while he stashed his own money in the Caribbean.
Apr 5, 2016 / James North
The Panama Papers Are Only the Beginning The Panama Papers Are Only the Beginning
Financial crimes and political conspiracies aren’t discrete events but the essence of neoliberalism.
Apr 5, 2016 / Greg Grandin
This Is Your Brain on Climate Change This Is Your Brain on Climate Change
A major new study paints a grim picture of how climate change will affect health, both physical and mental.
Apr 5, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter