Wall Street is killing local newspapers
We can’t put a price tag on our free press — but unless we stop them, predatory investors can.
Coronavirus is a historic trigger event — and it needs a movement to respond
Even in times of social distancing, building a collective, social response to the pandemic is our only salvation.
Internet security made insecure
The entire system has become nuts. Let’s go back to using secret words and codes by email. And if really necessary, voice verification. But don’t continue to insist on cods by telephone. It’s inefficient and ineffective.
Juneteenth: A celebration of black liberation & day to remember “horrific system that was...
Juneteenth is “much more complicated and much more complex than is traditionally presented,” increased recognition of the day “provides an opportunity to have a thorough remembrance of this horrific system that was slavery.”
Economy boom? Nearly half of all Americans still struggle to pay their bills
The 'booming economy' has done “little to narrow the persistent economic disparities by race, education, and geography.”
5 ways new movement leaders are effecting change
Today, new movements are working with more established organizations to capitalize on their wide-reaching networks.
Bank of America to eliminate free checking account program affecting low-income customers
Bank of America, the second-largest bank by assets, will no longer be "the only brick-and-mortar bank that offered free checking accounts to their customers."
The corporate media is directly profiting from Mike Bloomberg’s rise as he spends fortune...
"...I don’t think any person in American history has ever spent more money cultivating an image in the public of himself as has Michael Bloomberg."
The empty piety of the American Press
Corporations that own the press look at news as a revenue stream. Journalism is irrelevant.
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law urge officials to withdraw law enforcement, National...
“We are sounding an alarm regarding the potential deployment of the National Guard, state police and local law enforcement on Tuesday as voters prepare to cast ballots in primary elections."