Art is labor, so why aren’t musicians and other artists viewed as workers?
Art is labor. It’s really that simple. Creative professionals have crafted their art into a career. John Pietaro December 21, 2023 Read the full article here People’s World
Author: UB Center for Urban Studies
Redefining Urban Health: Transforming Buffalo’s East Side
In Buffalo, New York, a city marked by striking contrasts in health and prosperity, a new initiative aims to confront these disparities head-on. Buffalo Rising Editorial Staff December 22, 2023 Read the full article...
How Philadelphia Disrupted the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Research on a police diversion program implemented in 2014 shows a striking 91% reduction in in-school arrests over less than 10 years. Amanda Nemoyer & Naomi Goldstein December 5, 2023 Read the full article here...
Buy and Displace
Across Los Angeles, corporate landlords and even RV owners work hard to raise rents. Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein December 5, 2023 Read the full article here The American Prospect
The nation’s largest credit union rejected more than half its Black conventional mortgage applicants
The largest credit union in the US has the widest disparity in mortgage approval rates between White and Black borrowers of any major lender, a trend that reached new heights last year, a CNN...
Rod Watson: Plan taps radical idea for East Side transformation: trust the people
What happens when a government of the people and by the people turns out not to work for the people? Rod Watson, December 29, 2023 Read the full article here Buffalo News
The GOP Wants To Kill Climate Programs That Protect Black Neighborhoods
Environmental racism is real, but Republicans are content to pretend pollution doesn’t hurt Black folks Derrick Jackson December 11, 2023 Read the full article here The Root
Police Tech Isn’t Designed to Be Accurate — It’s Made to Exert Social Control
Policing technologies are inaccurate by design. James Kilgore December 16, 2023 Read the full article here Truthout
Why Does the Chicago Police Department Tolerate Abusive Racists in Its Ranks?
I first encountered officer Raymond Piwnicki in the summer of 2001. At the time, the citywide demolition of high-rise public housing was gathering momentum in Chicago. Jamie Kalvan December 9, 2023 Read the full...
Retail Janitors Clean Up After Holiday Shoppers. They Don’t Get Time Off for Themselves.
Janitors for big box stores see big workload increases around the holidays — but most of them get little time off to celebrate with their families. In Minnesota, unionized janitors are looking to change...