Yearly Archives: 2017
Houston neighbors said no to Walmart and invested in Black-owned businesses after the hurricane
Communities of color turned to each other to make it through the disaster. Months later, they’re doing the same to rebuild.
What happens when bad money supports good foreign policy?
The anti-war movement needs money, and the Koch brothers have it. But it comes with strings attached.
Mulvaney’s in, bankers win, and Trump shafts Americans again
Donald Trump was hostile to the CFPB from the start, and he said this as he shoehorned Mulvaney into the director’s chair.
California Assemblyman resigns amid sexual harassment allegations
At least seven women have accused Bocanegra of sexually harassing or assaulting them since 2009.
A simple checklist inspires a new kind of activism
A weekly newsletter created by a rookie Portland activist is moving people to action by prioritizing under-the-radar issues over big headline grabbers.
Once again, the right hijacks that old-time religion
A new museum in Washington reminds us that the Good Book is subject to interpretation – and abuse.
EPA holding its only public hearing on clean power plan repeal in coal country
The EPA will receive online comments about its proposal and any requests for additional public meetings until Jan. 16.
Trump’s indecision on trophy hunting reignites heated debate
Trump’s very public reversal – or potential one – left animal rights advocates, conservationists, big game hunters and safari businesses renewing heated attacks on, and vehement defenses of, trophy hunting.
How to stop a tax plan rigged for the rich
Could a defeat of the GOP tax plans of 2017 signal a similar new egalitarian upsurge? Maybe. But first we have to deliver that defeat.
Twenty-first-century American populism
Or putting your mouth where your money isn’t...