Truthout
Economic Justice
When Will Presidential Candidates Propose Ending the Criminalization of Poverty?
Democratic candidates are missing an opportunity to pitch sweeping prison reform as an economic justice issue.
Pot Industry Owes Reparations to Those Criminalized for Drug Use
Three leading thinkers and activists in cannabis economic justice discuss strategies with Laura Flanders.
Running on Green New Deal, Socialists Prevail in Spain’s Snap Elections
While the rise of the far-right, xenophobic Vox Party sparked alarm, it performed well below expectations.
Philadelphia Just Passed the Strongest Fair Scheduling Law in the Nation
The city’s new law will require some businesses to provide employees their schedules at least 10 days in advance.
Creating a Public Bank in the Financial Capital of the World
The Public Bank NYC coalition has a bold vision for a city-owned bank that puts public benefit over profit.
“A New Social Contract” Re-envisions an Inclusive Democracy
A report offers tested alternatives to the current dystopian system.
Debt That Lasts Forever: The Finance Industry Gambles With Human Lives
If you're perceived as a risk, the market sets you up to fail.
In the Wake of Charlottesville, Let’s Call for Structural Transformation
We need a strategy to eradicate white supremacy at its root.
Beating Wall Street Means Fighting the Extraction of Wealth From Communities of Color
Racist hate language is one of the tools the financial sector uses to extract wealth from communities of color.
Member of Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Gains Momentum in Jackson, Mississippi’s Mayoral Race
Chokwe Antar Lumumba has a plan to change Mississippi's reputation as a site of acute oppression, starting with Jackson.