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  1. The Revolt of the Cities Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio smiles during a rally in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
    5 May 2014 … In one major city after another, newly elected officials are planning to raise the minimum wage or enact ordinances boosting wages in developments that have received city assistance. They are drafting legislation to require inner-city hiring on major projects and Continue reading
  2. Politics Belongs to All of Us
    11 Nov 2012 … The activist says we now have an opportunity to turn the campaigns that ignited a generation into an enduring force for change. Continue reading
  3. Despite Some Progress, Poultry Workers Still Face Workplace Woes A poultry processing plant in Hinton, Virginia. (Photo by Pamela Constable/The Washington Post/Getty Images)
    10 Oct 2017 … Three years ago, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) capped the maximum speed at which the chickens can move through the processing plants at 140 birds per minute (bpm), reasoning that speeds any faster would exacerbate injuries in workers, as Continue reading
  4. Naomi Klein: Only a Reverse Shock Doctrine Can Save Our Climate Young girls protest in front of the Polish Ministry of Economy in Warsaw, Monday Nov. 18, 2013 where a Coal Industry meeting is taking place in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. The U.N.'s chief climate diplomat on Monday urged the coal industry to diversify toward cleaner energy sources and leave most of the world's remaining coal reserves in the ground. On the sidelines of a U.N. climate conference, Christiana Figueres told dozens of CEOs of coal companies meeting at Poland's Economy Ministry that their industry needs to change radically to curb emissions of heat-trapping gases that scientists say are warming the planet. ( AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
    9 Sep 2014 … In her new book, Klein argues that the climate crisis represents an opportunity to create a new economic model that advances the greater good.. Continue reading
  5. ‘In the Red: The Crisis in State Budgets’ and Interviews with Grover Norquist and Howard Zinn United States Treasury Check
    1 Jan 2003 … This episode takes a look at the consequences of state budget cuts, and features interviews with republican strategist Grover Norquist and historian Howard Zinn. Continue reading
  6. A Horrible Idea: Trump’s Push for Stop-and-Frisk Nationwide NYPD police officers at a protest rally for ending stop and frisk.
    10 Oct 2016 … Donald Trump used the first presidential debate to press his case to implement nationwide the controversial police tactic known as stop-and-frisk, arguing that it had been an effective crime deterrent in New York City. Under stop-and-frisk, police can stop and Continue reading
  7. Making the Rent on Minimum Wage A sign advertises lofts for rent in a recently built residential building in downtown Los Angeles. October 2006. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
    4 Apr 2012 … So much reporting about the economy is focused on unemployment numbers, but as writer Nona Willis Aronowitz pointed out on Good yesterday, a much less reported story is the number of people who have jobs but are “barely clinging to Continue reading
  8. For Immigrants – And All of Us – A Time to Fight
    9 Sep 2015 … The story of our nation’s long practice of welcoming immigrants and opening a wide door to full rights is an American triumph, all the more so because it has been achieved over constant resistance and with many relapses and setbacks. Continue reading
  9. The Trump Doctrine: Up-Yours-Ism! President Donald Trump announces his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Accords in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 1, 2017. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
    6 Jun 2017 … Another week, another disaster, which is the way it goes in America nowadays. Just before Memorial Day, it was President Trump’s unwillingness to reaffirm America’s commitment to Article 5 of the NATO treaty, which calls for mutual protection among the Continue reading
  10. The Party’s Over Balloons fall after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke and accepted the party nomination on the last day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016, in Cleveland. (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
    7 Jul 2020 … Advisors noted that Trump was paying close attention to leading Republicans backing out of the convention, and was worried attendance would be thin. Cancelling because of the pandemic let him stake out a leadership position on an issue where polling Continue reading