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What a State-Owned Bank Can Do for New Jersey
One of the major benefits to the state of having its own bank: it can borrow very cheaply in the money markets.
Mitigating Climate Disaster Will Require Both Systemic and Lifestyle Changes
Failure to scrutinize our everyday consumption and carbon-intensive lifestyles is also a form of climate denialism.
Trump, A Symptom Of What? A Radical Message From a Half-Century Ago
The increasing chaos in Washington should be treated as a caricature of the system that we all have been living under for so long.
Trump’s War on Urban “Carnage” Was a Ruse
The president said he'd “send in the fed” to fix Chicago. On civil rights, he's doing the opposite.
Is Soil the Great New Integrator?
Farmers are learning to work with the land instead of against it.
Building an Army to Fight Runaway Inequality
How can unions help create a social movement to take on Wall Street's economic and political dominance?
Goodbye Administrative State, Hello Community Resilience
Whether or not Trump finishes his term, we're seeing a fundamental turning point in the US system of governance.
The Legacy of Monsanto’s PCBs: Oozing Pus, Birth Defects and Immune Problems
In 1937, GE and Monsanto made a business decision to continue making PCBs despite knowing that they were highly toxic.
Single-Payer Health Care Is Seeing Record Support in Congress
Thanks to the repeal debacle, the GOP has inadvertently helped make single-payer part of the national conversation.
Ask Yourself: Will Donald Trump Ever Become President?
As our institutions bend and buckle and approach the breaking point, the president bombs Syria and is hailed by an obeisant media.