The FBI Knocked on My Door
By Ken Klippenstein Last Friday, a young special agent from my local FBI office arrived at my Madison, Wisconsin home to read me a statement prepared in Washington. The Bureau told me that I had…
November 2024
Faculty Resist Campus Protest Clampdown
By Annie Ma Dissent is thriving this fall at American colleges, and not just among student activists. With student protests limited by new restrictions, faculty have taken up the cause. To faculty, new protest rules…
DWA Strengthens Local Labor Movement
By Carl Hintz On October 22nd, 2024, the Durham Workers Assembly met at Durham People’s Solidarity Hub. Twenty-four people were in attendance. The meeting started with time for attendees to socialize and share a dinner…
Rhetoric Versus Reality
Addressing Common Misconceptions About Immigration By Gloria Rebecca Gomez MYTH: Immigrants increase crime rates Among the most persistent political talking points raised by opponents of immigration is that migrants bring crime with them into the…
Cop Cities Meet Growing Resistance Nationwide
By Victoria Valenzuela On June 11, a week after a police training facility in Richmond, California, broke ground, organizers from the Stop Cop City Bay Area Coalition marched to the Overaa Construction headquarters in protest….
Billionaire Investors Are ‘Supercharging’
The Housing Crisis By Julia Conley A new report puts “into numbers the trend that ordinary Americans have known to be true for years,” said economic justice advocates behind the analysis: “Their everyday struggles of…
A Win for the Poor
By Eve Ottenberg Roughly 20 million Americans live in trailer parks, and in recent years rents there, like everywhere, shot up. Since these tenants often cling to a lower rung of the socio-economic ladder, such…
A New Permanent Affordable Housing Proposal
By Omar Ocampo In its most recent year-end letter, the private equity firm Blackstone gave its stockholders a seemingly counterintuitive assurance: the lack of new housing stock was reason for optimism. Why does a stagnant…
Keeping Air in Connecticut Classrooms Safe
By Lauren Woods Several years of community service and real-world research of the cross-campus UConn Indoor Air Quality Initiative has led to the awarding of $11.5 million in state support to UConn to bring access…
Mapping the Solidarity Economy
By Damon Orion In July 2024, the Council Office of Financial Analysis (COFA) reported that Chicago, Illinois, was witnessing a struggling job market, a decrease in multifamily housing starts, and a rise in single-family home…