Why Oligarchs Want a Recession
Commentary by Van Jackson A recession is looming. Trump himself recently affirmed that his economic plans would induce a recession in the near term. He remarked when asked as much by an interviewer, “There is…
Economy
Blockbuster Deal to Wipe Out $30 Billion in
Medical Debt—But It’s Not Enough By Noam Levy Undue Medical Debt, which buys patient debt, is retiring $30 billion worth of unpaid bills in a single transaction with Pendrick Capital Partners, a Virginia-based debt trading…
Africa Doesn’t Need Aid
It needs control over its critical minerals Commentary by Maxwell Gomera The decision of US President Donald Trump’s administration to suspend foreign aid and shut down the USAID agency has sent shockwaves across the development…
Tech Execs Push Trump to Build ‘Freedom Cities’
Run by Corporations By Lucas Ropek A billionaire-backed push to develop libertarian enclaves in Central America is being imported back to the United States, where its proponents want to lay the groundwork for their own…
Insuring the World of Tomorrow
By Ulrike Decoene and Beatrice Weder di Mauro Los Angeles is burning, Valencia is flooded, Mayotte has been devastated. The shock of seeing people lose everything highlights a stark, ever more frequent reality: climate risks…
Reciprocity: Rethinking Our Relationship
with the Natural World By Mary Evelyn Tucker Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass, published in 2013, explored how humans intersect with and depend upon the rest of the living world. A member of the Citizen…
The Federal Government is Too Small
Commentary by Algernon Austin and Jordan Billings When Donald Trump was born, the federal government workforce made up 4.5 percent of all nonfarm workers. Today, the federal workforce makes up only 1.5 percent. This is…
Free Legal Aid for Solidarity Economy in Chicago
By Damon Orion Chicago, Illinois, has a rich history of grassroots organizing. Notable examples are the Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council’s efforts to improve local economic and social conditions and the Black Panther Party’s…
Decentralized Social Media
The only alternative to the tech oligarchy By Jason Koebler The TikTok ban and Donald Trump’s rise to power show how fragile our social media accounts are. We must normalize and invest in decentralized social…
Public Banking in a Time of Climate Crisis
By Trinity Tran On the night of Jan. 7, as the Palisades Fire surged to 2,000 acres to the west and the Eaton Fire exploded to 1,000 to the east, I joined thousands fleeing hurricane-force…