How the Disappearance of Union Jobs Obliterated an Emergent Black Middle Class
How union support boosted black economic and social progress.
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Julian Assange Just Called. To Talk About the Pandemic’s Effect on Capitalism & Politics!
Yanis Varoufakis briefs Assange on the devolution of capitailsm.
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Even before COVID-19, the world was facing a care crisis, a problem that is only worsening.
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Democrats introduce comprehensive policing reform legislation , but without Republican support, the best possible scenario is some repetition of the stimulus mess.
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Read more...A Window into the Hearts and Minds of Billionaire Donors
Billionaires explain why they give money away.
Read more...How Africa is Coping With Coronavirus
Politics and the caliber of social programs have influenced how countries in Africa have tried to limit the economic damage of the coronavirus.
Read more...Liz Theoharis: Organizing the Rich or the Poor? Which America Will Be Ours After the Pandemic?
Why the poor will be more successful in gaining material and political ground if they design initiatives and advocate.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Fed’s $10 Trillion Defends Assets of the Rich
Michael Hudson gives a detailed, if sobering, account of the outlook for the economy.
Read more...Why New Infrastructure Is a National Imperative
Time to do something about America’s creaky infrastructure.
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The data on suicides and economic distress is more muddy than you’d expect.
Read more...Political Scientist Tom Ferguson on Big Money and Social Conflicts in the Covid-19 Era
An incisive take from the no-holds-barred Tom Ferguson.
Read more...New York Rent Strikes During the 1918 “Spanish” Influenza
The hard-fought rent battles during and after the Spanish flu make modern protests look tame.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Debt, Liberty and “Acts of God”
How ancient societies forgave debt that became unpayable due to circumstances outside the borrower’s control.
Read more...Michael Hudson and Dr. Jeffrey Miron of Cato Debate Capitalism
Michael Hudson sharpens some of his arguments in a discussion with a Harvard/Cato Institute stalwart.
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