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Economy & Labor
Direct Democracy Is Starting to Shape City Budgets in Some US Communities
A new tool called participatory budgeting is boosting confidence among citizens in working with neighbors to solve problems together.
Economic Update: Capital for Worker Co-ops
This episode of Professor Wolff's radio show discusses rising productivity, flat wages and more.
Upsetting Billionaires at Standing Rock
The Native Organizers Alliance and tribal leaders are developing strategies to counter the economic elites behind the Dakota Access pipeline.
A Nigerian Superhighway Project Threatens a Critical Rainforest and Its People
Indigenous Ekuri fight to protect ancestral forests amid push for development.
Poverty Is a Product of the Institutions We Have in Society
Janine Jackson interviewed Alice O'Connor on the politics of the war on poverty.
Big Money in Politics Threatens Political and Racial Equality
The arguments in McCutcheon v. FEC ultimately explain what's wrong with how we treat the influence of money in politics.
Hedge Funds Have Cost Workers Billions; This Is How They’re Fighting Back
Taking on hedge funds is the future of the progressive and labor movements as a whole.
Where Local Governments Are Paying the Bills With Police Fines
The dependence of thousands of US cities on judicial fines and forfeiture to fund public services is unhealthy for democracy.
Where Is That Wasteful Government Spending?
Wasted money, wasted lives, or maybe both. That's the promise of increased military spending.
Dahr Jamail | The Super-Rich Are Cruising the Arctic’s New Passageway as the World Burns
Summer sea ice melt has opened up the pristine Arctic sea to cruise ships — and further damage to its fragile ecosystem.