A Whole World to Grain: The Hidden History of Wheat
How grain production and trade have affected the global economy and shaped the modern world.
The Indypendent
Economy
From Bitcoins to “Shitcoins,” Meet the Latest Crypto-Currency Craze and the Scams It Is Spawning
What was promised as an important technical innovation has instead become the most extensive platform for fraud, gambling and scams the world has ever seen.
France in Revolt: Pension Cut Protests Rage on Into Their Fourth Month
A protest movement against increasing the retirement age has become an existential struggle over the French way of life.
How to Make New York City Council Work for Working People
A former City Council budget analyst dishes on what really happens behind closed doors during city-budget negotiations.
Op-Ed: Kathy Hochul Isn’t a Mystery—She’s a Republican
A failed attack on climate standards is the latest in a line of Hochul initiatives cheered by Republicans.
Peace Activists Urge NYC City Council to Weigh in on Runaway Pentagon Spending
While New Yorkers endure diminished public services, $29.3 billion per year in their tax dollars go directly into support for the military.
Op-Ed: Unite with Newly-Arriving Immigrants to Abolish the Underclass
Calls for more immigration to lower wages and stem inflation or those for less immigration distract from the real problem: the criminalization of undocumented workers that is dividing the working class.
Automation Nation: Who Will Reap the Benefits As AI Changes the Economy?
Artificial intelligence will replace 45 million jobs this decade. What does this mean for workers?
‘Care Not Cuts’: Broad Coalition Objects To $2.5 Billion Budget Cuts At City Hall Press Conference
Educators, Doctors, Social Workers, and Parents protested Mayor Adams’ November financial plan, which would cut $2.5 billion from all city agencies except for the Police, Fire and Sanitation Departments, putting many of the city’s essential social services at risk.
Get Ready for a Government-Engineered Increase in Unemployment
The Federal Reserve’s plan to begin raising interest rates this month to fight inflation will harm millions of working class Americans. It doesn’t have to be this way.