Across the country, residents of mobile homes are organizing to buy and cooperatively run their communities, with government help, to protect themselves from landlords known for jacking up rents and neglecting infrastructure. Amos Barshad...
There’s now strong evidence that giving direct cash support to low-income families greatly reduces poverty. “It directly gives families cash,” says Shafeka Hashash, associate director of guaranteed income at the Economic Security Project. “They...
When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York. Natasha Lennard May 1, 2024 Read the full article here The Intercept
On May 1st, 1924, the Daily Worker was just 11 weeks’ old. Around the United States, workers in many big cities had not even heard of it yet. But if that inaugural May Day edition of...
Across the US, pro-Palestine students have faced repression, suspension, and arrest. We asked more than a dozen students to share how their schools have restricted the right to protest. Student Nation April 26, 2024...
The first thing Rep. Ilhan Omar did on the University of Minnesota campus this week: Thank Gaza ceasefire protesters for their bravery. The next thing: Ask why people in her world were so obsessed...
Exactly how much has racism benefited White Americans? Journalist and author Tracie McMillan did the math: The advantages she’s gotten over her life from being White, she estimates, amount to $371,934.30. Harmeet Kaur April...
In late March, The New York Times published an opinion piece written by David Brooks, Canadian-born American conservative political and cultural commentator, titled “The Great Struggle for Liberalism”. It is love-letter to liberalism ....
During oral arguments on Monday in a key case involving the policing of homeless encampments, Supreme Court justices questioned lawyers about what it means to be homeless, when people with nowhere to go should...
If there is anybody with a unique perspective on the O.J. Simpson saga, it’s Boston lawyer Eddie Jenkins. Leonard Greene April 19, 2024 Read the full article here TribLive