We Need Publicly Owned Utilities
By Jill Richardson This fall, thousands of Californians were fleeing raging wildfires while millions sat in the dark. And for-profit utilities may be to blame . . . Read more at Otherwords
California Opens the Public Banking Floodgates
By Aaron Fernando When you pay state and local taxes, parking fees and other payments to your regional government, chances are those funds will almost immediately end up in a corporate bank . . ….
Time for the Internet to Be Controlled by Public, Not Corporate, Interests
By Howie Hawkins There are serious problems with Internet policy in the United States that are the predictable outcome of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) consistently placing corporate interests above the public interest. The FCC…
Public Safety for the 99%
Ending overpolicing will require much more than better oversight and training By Alex S. Vitale Policing needs to be reformed. We do indeed need new training regimes, enhanced accountability, and a greater public role in…
In Detroit, A New Kind of Agricultural Neighborhood
By Biba Adams A decade ago, a resurgence of urban gardens and farms sprouted a new agricultural trend around the country. And while many of them continue to thrive, in the past five years, another…
Fast-Tracked Pipeline Projects Hit Roadblocks
By Scott DiSavino, Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) — The Trump administration’s effort to cut red tape and speed up major energy projects has backfired in the case of the three biggest U.S. pipelines now…
New Study Finds Errors in Rising Sea Level Predictions
It’s much, much worse than anyone imagined By Dartagnan Because it conjures up a tangible, visible image in the human mind, the prospect of an uncontrolled global sea rise is one of the most benumbing…
From Iraq to Chile, the People Are Rising Up Against Neoliberalism
By Oscar Rickett Across the Middle East, people are protesting. They are tired and angry. They want to see something change. “All of them means all of them,” protesters chant in Lebanon, calling for the…
After Bolivia Coup, Lithium Question Looms
By Vijay Prashad Bolivia’s President Evo Morales was overthrown in a military coup on November 10. He is now in Mexico. Before he left office, Morales had been involved in a long project to bring…
When the US Supports It, It’s Not a Coup
By Alan MacLeod Army generals appearing on television to demand the resignation and arrest of an elected civilian head of state seems like a textbook example of a coup. And yet that is certainly not…