Economics

As the United States Votes, Honduras Kills

As the United States Votes, Honduras Kills As the United States Votes, Honduras Kills

Yet another murder of an indigenous activist under a regime supported by the Democratic front-runner.

Mar 16, 2016 / Greg Grandin

How to Manufacture a Real Estate Boom

How to Manufacture a Real Estate Boom How to Manufacture a Real Estate Boom

The South Bronx’s housing stock was decimated in the ’70s, its residents left to fend for themselves. Now, real estate developers have the area in their sights.

Mar 16, 2016 / Crystal Kayiza

There Goes the Neighborhood: Brooklyn, We Go Hard

There Goes the Neighborhood: Brooklyn, We Go Hard There Goes the Neighborhood: Brooklyn, We Go Hard

In Episode 2, meet the residents of East New York, who are determined to protect their community from the waves of gentrification crashing over the rest of Brooklyn.

Mar 16, 2016 / Podcast / Kai Wright and There Goes the Neighborhood

Baltimore houses

How Housing Vouchers Can Fight Residential Segregation How Housing Vouchers Can Fight Residential Segregation

Vouchers shouldn’t merely keep people off the streets; they should help families move to neighborhoods with more opportunities.

Mar 15, 2016 / Eva Rosen

The Media Malpractice That’s Hurting Everyone but Trump

The Media Malpractice That’s Hurting Everyone but Trump The Media Malpractice That’s Hurting Everyone but Trump

It’s time for the media to finally answer Bernie Sanders’s plea and stop favoring the spectacle over “the important issues facing the American people.”

Mar 15, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Family Sues Private-Prison Operator Over Deaths at Immigrant-Only Facilities

Family Sues Private-Prison Operator Over Deaths at Immigrant-Only Facilities Family Sues Private-Prison Operator Over Deaths at Immigrant-Only Facilities

An investigation found dozens of questionable deaths related to cost cutting in privatized federal prisons.

Mar 15, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler

Paul Krugman Raises the White Flag on Trade

Paul Krugman Raises the White Flag on Trade Paul Krugman Raises the White Flag on Trade

The Times columnist made his name by ridiculing critics of globalization. Now he admits that “free-trade” cheerleading was mostly garbage.

Mar 14, 2016 / William Greider

Immigration protest

Undocumented Immigrants Contribute Over $11 Billion to Our Economy Each Year Undocumented Immigrants Contribute Over $11 Billion to Our Economy Each Year

The notion that they do nothing but drain public coffers is a myth.

Mar 14, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Reverend William Barber

It’s Not About Trump. Our Political Culture Is Corrupt It’s Not About Trump. Our Political Culture Is Corrupt

The Southern strategy created an us-against-them politics with a perverse idea of morality.

Mar 12, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Trump Rally Protest

Why the Trump Rally in St. Louis Was So Different Why the Trump Rally in St. Louis Was So Different

In a city divided after 17 months of protests since the killing of Mike Brown, the GOP candidate never got more than a few minutes to speak without interruption.

Mar 12, 2016 / Umar Lee

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