Monday, September 14, 2026

Will San Francisco be the second city to tax extreme CEO-worker pay gaps?

In November 2019, SF voters will decide the fate of a proposed tax on corporations that pay their top exec more than 100 times worker pay.

The Crackdown on Dakota Access Pipeline Reporters Shows the Vital Role of Independent Media

These arrests have raised issues about the complex relationship between activism and journalism.

How human ecology shapes social democracy

Human ecology offers a framework for understanding how social systems in Nordic countries and New York shape participation, trust, and collective well-being.
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‘The opioid crisis isn’t white:’ How the lethal epidemic affects communities of color

"Especially in the last few years, if you look at the rates of increase of opioid overdose death rates, we find that especially black Americans have had a stark increase in the death rates compared to other groups – in fact, more than white Americans."

The age of disappointment?

Or how the American century ends...

Disaster gentrification in Puerto Rico

Paradise for a wealthy few, the continuation of a long colonial nightmare for the long neglected majority of Puerto Ricans.

FEMA to shut off aid to Puerto Rico with municipalities still without electricity and...

A third of Puerto Rico residents are still without electricity and lack access to potable water four months after the Category 4 hurricane hit.
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From Syria to U.S.-Mexico border, refugees worldwide face hunger & deprivation as Covid-19 spreads

After weeks of warnings, COVID-19 cases are emerging in refugee camps, where social distancing is often impossible and healthcare extremely limited.

Medicating isolation

Drug use in the COVID-19 moment.

“My shirts aren’t going to iron themselves”: Conservatives launch attacks on Women’s March

Conservatives and other figures have attacked the demonstration with sexism and other demeaning comments.