What’s happening in Jackson, Miss., where residents remain under a boil-water advisory after having little to no access to safe water for all of last … Jackson, Mississippi Must Reject Water PrivatizationRead more
Capitalism
Repeal of Doctrine of Discovery
Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day. We turn to the legendary Indigenous musician and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie, who was born on the Plains Cree First Nation … Repeal of Doctrine of DiscoveryRead more
How Activists Are Trying to Change the Way Banking Gets Done
With $10 trillion in assets at their collective disposal, big banks like Chase and Wells Fargo could do a lot of good. Yet, despite being … How Activists Are Trying to Change the Way Banking Gets DoneRead more
Writing on War And Living in a World from Hell
As this century began, I was writing War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, my reflections on two decades as a war correspondent, 15 … Writing on War And Living in a World from HellRead more
Poverty solution myth of capitalism
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_F36XKS_KU&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Richard Wolff
Let Unhoused People Stay in Hotels and empty apartments
California in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave, with temperatures 10 to 20 degrees hotter than usual. We’re talking about breaking three digits, over … Let Unhoused People Stay in Hotels and empty apartmentsRead more
The tunes you hum, books you read, rows you have
Twitter and co are shaping your world ‘I didn’t do it to make more money. I did it to try to help humanity.” Elon Musk … The tunes you hum, books you read, rows you haveRead more
They Were Entitled to Free Care
In 2018, senior executives at one of the country’s largest nonprofit hospital chains, Providence, were frustrated. They were spending hundreds of millions of dollars providing … They Were Entitled to Free CareRead more
Richest 1% Now Owns Over 1/3 of US Wealth
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Tuesday published Trends in the Distribution of Family Wealth, 1989 to 2019, a report revealing that while the … Richest 1% Now Owns Over 1/3 of US WealthRead more