The Old Lessons of Detroit
Just days ago Detroit, arguably America’s most distressed urban area, made the largest declaration of insolvency by any U.S.…
The Indypendent
Imara Jones
Never Mind the Fiscal Cliff, the ‘Reverse Subsidy’ Is the Real Crisis
Contrary to popular myths in both political parties, the dramatic gains in wealth by the super rich are underwritten…
What Hurricane Sandy Should Teach Us About Climate Justice
President Obama’s trip to New York City today underscores the fact that it’s time for people who care about…
Bloomberg’s Back-to-Work Imperative After Sandy Is the Broader Disaster
There’s a thin line between resilience and arrogance. In his response to Hurricane Sandy, one of the nation’s largest…
“Listening to Obama talk about the economy is like listening to a chick talk about football.” That’s not a…
How Our “Growth” Obsession Drives Inequity, and May Kill Us All
News this month from two seemingly unrelated crises—one environmental and the other employment-related—are working in tandem to make a…
How the Supreme Court’s ‘Obamacare’ Ruling May Lock in Racial Inequity
In a 5-4 ruling yesterday, the Supreme Court handed President Obama a massive political victory, but not as large…
A Food Crisis Is Coming, But Urban America Already Has It Solved
Sprinkled throughout some of America’s blackest, brownest and most distressed communities lies the future of food for us all:…
How To Create Crisis: Build An Economy on the Greed of the Rich
A recent report by the International Monetary Fund destroys the myth that the current economic crisis—the worst in almost…