SubPrime Mike: How Mayor Bloomberg Fought Efforts To Protect Black Homeowners From Predatory Lenders
Stop-and-Frisk wasn’t the only Bloomberg-era policy that harmed the black community.
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Sanders’ Prospects After Iowa Continue to Rest on Multiracial Working Class
The Iowa caucus ended more or less in a tie. There are four metrics to measure the results—first round,…
The senator and I are of the same generation. We both have humble Midwest roots. We both went to law school. But I’m backing Bernie.
How the Media Manipulates Women’s Trauma For Political Gain
It’s one thing to talk about sexism and devise social policies to address it. It’s quite another to trigger women’s traumatic experiences for political gain.
Op-Ed: It’s Democrats Like Grace Meng that Helped Push Us to the Brink of War With Iran
Our nation finds itself teetering on the precipice of another endless war yet again. Dizzy in our premonitions of…
Two years to the day that longtime New York City-based immigrant rights activist Jean Montrevil was deported to Haiti,…
My Night In Brooklyn With Elizabeth Warren & Julian Castro
Fans dancing in the aisles, a selfie line that went on forever, toasters.
Not Santa’s Workshop: Amazon’s Warehouse Workers Endure Holiday Season Speedup
Awh, the holiday season. The lights, the snow, the eggnog… Better make it a double for workers at Amazon’s…
Michael Bloomberg Is Back: But Are Uninspiring Centrists Like Him Really More Electable?
Centrists are having a moment. After the initial months of the primary race were dominated by the proposals of…
A Single Father Dreams of a Bernie Victory
Did you hear about Bernie,” he asked. Bernie? As in Bernie Sanders the presidential candidate? As in the man…