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We Can Solve Homelessness (If We Want To)

Our economic priorities have created a serious housing crisis and fueled homelessness. Solving the problem simply requires us to change our priorities from profits to people.

Sonali Kolhatkar

Viewpoint

One Weird Trick to Help Solve the U.S. Housing Crisis

In a new book, Richard Kahlenberg explains that decades of arcane zoning regulations have led to our current system of high rents, restrictions on worker mobility, and racial and economic segregation.

Max B. Sawicky

Departments

The Guerrilla Gardeners Seedbombing the Suburbs

How guerrilla gardeners supply healthy food, beautify their community and support the local ecosystem.

Dayton Martindale

Rural America

Fighting Industrial Development and Defending Black History in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley”

In Wallace, descendants of enslaved people live on one of the last preserved stretches of Louisiana’s Mississippi River. Now, a massive grain export facility threatens the community’s history and future.

Daja E. Henry

Labor

Reform Caucus Rises, Sues for Elections in Amazon Labor Union

A year after a landmark union win at the JFK8 warehouse, Amazon still refuses to recognize it. Workers disagree on how to end the stalemate.

Luis Feliz Leon

LaborInterviewPodcast

UAW Turns Up the Heat on the Big Three

“If we don't do this now, we won't have another opportunity.”

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

Viewpoint

Cop City and the Escalating War on Environmental Defenders

From laws targeting fossil fuel protests to the crackdown on Stop Cop City activists, corporations are calling in militarized law enforcement to crush dissent.

Basav Sen and Gabrielle Colchete

LaborViewpoint

The Dystopian Future of U.S. Public Education Is On Display in Houston

The takeover of the Houston Independent School District by GOP officials is part of a broader attack on public education—but unions and community members are fighting back.

Jackie Anderson, Ruth Kravetz and Jay Malone

Interview

Meet the New Leader of Chicago’s Progressive Political Powerhouse

Kennedy Bartley is taking over as the next executive director of United Working Families, the group that helped elect Chicago’s new left-wing leadership.

J. Patrick Patterson and Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor

Workers at The Trevor Project Unionize

Members of the newly formed Friends of Trevor United say they are organizing for the LGBTQ youth they serve.

Sara Van Horn

Viewpoint

In Jenin, Palestinians Resist Against Israeli Helicopters And Drones

The largest Israeli military operation in Jenin since the Second Intifada spells what Israel has in store for Palestinians.

Jehad Abusalim

LaborInterviewPodcast

The Clock is Ticking for UPS

Bargaining between the Teamsters and UPS has broken down. Can they still reach a deal?

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

LaborViewpoint

Remote Work Among the Issues at Play in CWA Election

At their national convention, communications workers are set to decide on a new president—and the future of work-from-home arrangements could be on the table.

Steve Early

LaborInterviewPodcast

UPS Workers Aren't Afraid of a Fight

“[UPS management] love nothing more than to reward productive workers with more productivity. And people that keep up with that, by the time they’re 20 years in, they’re getting knee replacements, they’re getting hip replacements, their quality of life plummets.”

Maximillian Alvarez

ViewpointClimate

We Can't Afford To Ignore Cop City

In These Times Executive Director Alex Han asks us to imagine a world where the needs of the people outweigh the powerful.

Alex Han

Viewpoint

If Banks Can Be Bailed Out, Student Debt Can Be Canceled

Biden must act now to make student debt relief a reality—no matter what the Supreme Court says.

Braxton Brewington

DispatchClimate

How A Utility Giant Tried (and Failed) to Build a Pipeline Under Brooklyn

Brooklyn residents didn't learn about the new pipeline project from National Grid until two years into its construction. They were able to stop it anyways.

Sara Van Horn

Viewpoint

The University of California Is Escalating Its Crackdown on Dissent

Three academic workers at the University of California, San Diego, were arrested on felony charges of vandalism and conspiracy to commit a crime. They were using washable markers and chalk.

Rafael Jaime