Tag: social and economic justice
Postcard from Thermal: surviving the climate gap in Eastern Coachella Valley
In the climate crisis, it’s possible to live in the same place but inhabit different worlds. by Elizabeth Weil and Mauricio Rodríguez Pons, ProPublica August 19, 2021 The first thing to know about Thermal, California,…
Anger grows as GOP Governors cut off jobless benefits
‘Attempting to Starve People Back to Work’ Meanwhile, the Biden administration is under fire for claiming it is powerless to prevent states from ending the $300 weekly unemployment boost. by Jake Johnson, staff writer Friday, May…
Productive incoherence and thinking differently about change
by Wade Rathke October 24, 2020 Pearl River A book entitled, The Sex Obsession: Perversity and Possibility in American Politics, arrives in the mail with the word SEX in capital red letters along with obsession…
Protest moves people, money, and votes
by Wade Rathke New Orleans Remember not so long ago when one self-proclaimed wizard after another, usually in power in some corporation, foundation, or governmental post, declared that “protest is passé.” Those of us so…
White House pushes ‘pure giveaway’ to rich investors while urging cut to pandemic unemployment aid
Recipients of the enhanced unemployment benefit could see the aid slashed by more than 50% under a plan being discussed by the Trump administration and GOP by Jake Johnson, staff writer Tuesday, July 14 The Trump…
Trump Financial Regulator Quietly Shelved Discrimination Probes Into Bank of America and Other Lenders
At least six investigations into discriminatory mortgage loan “redlining” have been halted or stalled — against staff recommendations — under the Trump administration’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. by Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum…
Signs of Caution and Hope from Conservative Critics
by Wade Rathke New Orleans Watchwords for all of us in this work have always included “know your enemy” and “keep them close.” It is impossible to keep up in these days and times with…
As coronavirus cases and unemployment in the US climb, 39 groups launch coalition for clean energy and healthy communities
“The Covid-19 pandemic has made clear that the health of nature, the health of people, and the health of our economy are all deeply connected, and this fact should guide and inform the U.S. government’s response.”…
ACORN is 50
by Wade Rathke New Orleans Celebrating a 50th anniversary feels strange on a Zoom call, but that doesn’t make it feel any less of an accomplishment. As the clock passed midnight in India, the farthest extent…
The CARES Act sent you a $1,200 check but gave millionaires and billionaires far more
The stimulus checks were meant to get average Americans through the lockdown, but those $1,200 payouts were small change compared with the billions in tax breaks the CARES Act handed out to the country’s wealthiest. by…
The 2020 uprisings join a long river of struggle in America
Protesters filled the newly named Black Lives Plaza, near the White House, on June 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images by Matthew Countryman, University of Michigan The river was the metaphor that best captured…
Elaine race massacre
Pearl River Cities throughout America are erupting once again over the extra juridical killing of a black man by the police. Some voices are calling for calm, while President Trump calls for chaos. The “powers…
Reaction hits the streets against police killings
by Wade Rathke New Orleans Wow, there’s yet another argument from the “powers that be” to scold and admonish protestors. Now they can say they were risking their health and the health of their community by…
Women in the draft – yes
Pearl River The draft was a central issue in the opposition to the Vietnam War. It touched all young men from eighteen to twenty-six, and the families that loved them. It was a terribly unifying…
