coronavirus
54 million in U.S. may go hungry during the pandemic – can urban farmers help?
September 8, 2020Commercial urban agriculture is on the rise, with small-scale farms in New York City like Gotham Greens, which reduces the amount of energy, land use and food waste in tight, underutilized spaces to produce herbs and roughage for the masses.
Read moreHow to defeat Trump and his ‘right-wing popular front’ movement
September 8, 2020What began as a whiff of fascism in the 1980s now has strong headwinds. Unraveling Trump’s alt-right network stretching from corporate boards to the lower middle class will be no small task.
Read moreHarvard law experts: Coronavirus presents dangers, opportunities for new worker power
September 8, 2020While traditional labor organizing is extremely difficult, inclusion of more-essential-than-ever workers can help grow the labor movement.
Read moreCalifornia legislature passes compromise pandemic anti-eviction bill
September 4, 2020The new measure, Assembly Bill 3088, was introduced by a team of legislators including Assemblymember David Chiu, D-San Francisco, who had authored a much farther-reaching measure, AB 1436, in February.
Read moreImpeachment seems forever ago, but Trump’s Washington still a swamp of corruption
September 4, 2020Trump's impeachment and trial seems like a lifetime ago. Since the onset of the pandemic, it has been mostly forgotten. But the corruption keeps on rolling.
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