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Middle Class? What Middle Class?
Virtually the only class ever mentioned these days is the middle class, and now that seems on the way out.
Obama to Visit Nike to Promote the TPP. Wait, Nike? Really?
In Nike President Obama may well have found the perfect company to visit to promote yet another job-destroying, billionaire-enriching trade deal.
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Free the Buses: Riders Say Transit Is a Human Right
The community-driven transit movement is one response to the "affordability gap."
Can Labor Bring Wall Street Back to Main Street?
Can we bring back your friendly bank teller?
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Trickle-Down Economics and Trickle-Down Poverty
Trickle-down poverty is all-too-true at the level of families and households.
Moneyballing Justice: “Evidence-Based” Criminal Reforms Ignore Real Evidence
Proponents of "bipartisan criminal justice reform" fail to address exhaustive evidence of race-based policing.
Class, Change and Revolution
Without addressing exploitation, social harmony will remain elusive.
Matthaei Letter to Treasury Secretary Lew
Given persistent, pressing economic crises, the Obama administration should open an Office of Economic Innovation to consider systemic changes, and involve Marxists and heterodox economists to help visibilize possible …
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After Years Without a Grocery Store, Greensboro Neighbors Are Building One Themselves – and They’ll Own It
Fed up with essentially begging for access to quality food, residents of this predominantly African-American and low-income neighborhood decided to open their own grocery store.
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“Some Sort of Hell”: How One of the Wealthiest Cities in the United States Treats Its Homeless
The city refuses to provide affordable housing, yet won't tolerate people living outdoors.