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If poverty is a moral issue, then the U.S. is bankrupt
The Poor People’s Campaign, ahead of its June 18 gathering, is calling out the false pro-corporate rhetoric on poverty, wages, and inflation.
How collectives are empowering people to understand the tricky financial side...
Removing the taboo around talking about money, two collectives are helping people work toward securing their financial well-being.
How one organization is helping to grow cooperative businesses in New...
Green Worker Cooperatives nurtures co-op startups in the South Bronx.
New book argues mandatory voting will fulfill America’s promise of democracy
Miles Rapoport and E.J. Dionne say a healthier political culture and more representative government will result when all eligible citizens vote.
Florida may soon use digital images of ballots in recounts—will all...
As Florida updates its recount rules, election transparency advocates worry about losing public trust.
How a cooperative run by the formerly incarcerated is reshaping Chicago’s...
Megacorporations tend to dominate food contracting with schools and other large facilities in America. In Chicago, Black formerly incarcerated people are prepping locally sourced meals for schools, nursing homes and transitional housing facilities.
How celebrities are reconnecting with their hometowns to boost progressive local...
Since its founding in 2017, the Hometown Project has helped more than 125 down-ballot candidates stand out.
Personal interview: Professor Mark Skidmore What are the Prospects for Peace?
Mark Skidmore talks about how the role of everyday citizens in affecting the relationship the U.S. now has and will have with the rest of the world community.
You’ll know an economic and social justice plan is serious if...
A new report on the solidarity economy details how investments in culture can support economic and racial justice.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.