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Universal Basic Income Is About Trust and Decency
Adopting a universal basic income requires experiments in building trust.
The Zika Vaccine: The Miracle of Government-Funded Research
Patent protections can raise the price of protected drugs by several thousand percent.
As Downtown Detroit Gentrifies, Longtime Black Residents Fight Illegal Tax Foreclosures
One in four Detroit properties have been subject to property tax foreclosure between 2011 and 2015.
Charlottesville, Virginia Backs Reparations Fund for Black Residents and Votes to Sell Robert E. Lee Statue
The city is preparing for a white nationalist rally on Saturday protesting against the planned removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from a downtown park.
Economic Update: Collective Action for Change
Dr. Harriet Fraad discusses why so many hesitate so long before joining collective action to change economic and social conditions.
Planting Resilience to Climate Change
In Honduras, coastal communities are embracing native plants as a means to mitigate climate impacts.
Thousands of Bernies? Progressive Groups Aim to Build a Majority From the Bottom Up
A Bernie Sanders rally at Penn State prior to the Pennsylvania primary election, April 19, 2016. (Photo: Paul Weaver / Flickr) It has been about a year since Bernie …
US Lags Far Behind in Banning the Use of Mercury in Dentistry
Dental mercury apparently continues to get a free pass.
How Tax-Dodging Billionaires Use Farmers as Props
Urban billionaires are trotting out the tractors and overalls in a bizarre effort to roll back their taxes.
Keeping the Wealthy Healthy — and Everyone Else Waiting
A veteran journalist tells the story behind what may be the most troubling report yet of “concierge care.”