The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy by Stephanie Kelton A New York Times BestsellerThe leading thinker and most visible public advocate of modern monetary theory — the freshest and most important idea about economics in decades — delivers a radically different, bold, new understanding for how… Continue reading
April 2, 2021 11:59 AM PT (espn.com) Alden GonzalezESPN Staff Writer Major League Baseball announced Friday that it is moving the 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta in response to a new Georgia law that has civil rights groups concerned about its potential to restrict voting access for people of… Continue reading
Eerily similar 2010 precedent does not bode well for embattled S.F. Board of Education commissioner by JOE ESKENAZI APRIL 2, 2021 (missionlocal.org) Alison Collins’ Wednesday lawsuit vs. the San Francisco Unified School District and five of her Board of Education colleagues was so convoluted that it forced everyone to create a word problem… Continue reading
Support Single-Payer Universal Health Care Health Care for All – California believes that every resident of California should be guaranteed affordable, comprehensive, high quality health care. A single-payer financing system has succeeded in countries throughout the developed world. Multiple findings illustrate that people in these countries have better health and… Continue reading
The Enigma of Capital and the Crises of Capitalism by David Harvey For over forty years, David Harvey has been one of the world’s most trenchant and critical analysts of capitalist development. In The Enigma of Capital, he delivers an impassioned account of how unchecked neoliberalism produced the system-wide crisis that… Continue reading
Sally Gearhart’s incredible, multifaceted life—lesbian separatist, gay lib icon, sci-fi author—gets a doc. By MARKE B. APRIL 1, 2021 (48hills.org) “I don’t think there are any other films with animated flying psychic lesbians,” filmmaker Deborah Craig told me over Zoom. “We really couldn’t pass it up.” Craig was speaking about Sally, the… Continue reading
Tony Bravo March 25, 2021 Updated: March 26, 2021 (datebook.sfchronicle.com) More than 100 San Francisco artists will be guaranteed $1,000 a month for six months under a pilot program set to launch in May, following similar efforts by Stockton, Oakland and Marin County to support struggling residents during the pandemic. The guaranteed income program, announced Thursday,… Continue reading
Levy Economics Institute Richard D. Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Friday, April 22, 2016 4:45–6:30 pm Levy Economics Institute Conference Room Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs… Continue reading
Progressives politely refused to wield power to secure a $15 minimum wage, now conservative Dems are wielding power to secure tax cuts for the wealthy. David Sirota and Andrew Perez March 31, 2021 (The Daily Poster) This report was written by David Sirota and Andrew Perez. Earlier this month, progressive lawmakers refused to withhold… Continue reading
Chelsea Boilard March 31, 2021 Public letter from over 100+ SF residents, as support continues to grow San Francisco—On Wednesday March 31st, over 100 San Franciscans are releasing a letter in support of District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s vision to improve public safety and reform the justice system. View the letter… Continue reading
