After changing his politics to run to the right, Haney wins; what does this mean for the progressive movement? By TIM REDMOND APRIL 19, 2022 (48Hills.org) The real-estate industry, the Yimby movement, and Mayor London Breed appear to have won a big victory tonight as Sup. Matt Haney has an… Continue reading
Joshua Sharpe April 19, 2022 Updated: April 20, 2022 (SFChronicle.com) On a late summer night two years ago, Tiburon police asked Yema Khalif to prove he owned YEMA, the local clothing store that bears his name. At the time, Khalif and his wife, Hawi Awash, were the town’s only Black business owners…. Continue reading
Human Rights Campaign gave Amazon a perfect score on workplace equality—while Amazon was donating to the organization. BY SARAH LAZARE APRIL 19, 2022 (therealnews.com) A worker cleans the wall of the Human Rights Campaign building, June 17, 2016, in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson/Getty Images This story originally appeared in In These Times on… Continue reading
The Kentucky Senate candidate thinks “the student debt crisis is criminal at this point.” BY TEEN VOGUE STAFF APRIL 18, 2022 (teenvogue.com) The 2022 midterm elections are right around the corner. In our new series Teen Vogue’s Top 10, we’re asking candidates 10 questions about the issues we know our readers care about… Continue reading
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, pumps his fist in the air toward supporters as he arrives to speak during a campaign rally at Civic Center Park on September 9, 2019 in Denver. (Photo: Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) A memo by a… Continue reading
Marx’s idea that societies were naturally egalitarian and communal before farming is widely influential and quite wrongAquatint print by Samuel Daniell from African Scenery and Animals (1804-05). Courtesy the British Museum, London Manvir Singh is an anthropologist and postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse. He studies the origins of… Continue reading
An eyewitness points to another shooter by ELENI BALAKRISHNAN APRIL 18, 2022 A man convicted of murder in a 1991 case botched by police investigators and his defense attorney now expects to walk free within days, decades after he was declared guilty. Joaquin Ciria, who has spent most of his adult… Continue reading
The United States has been attacked for its devotion to fossil fuels, its radical swings in policy, and its ungenerous arrogance. (Photo: Chris-Yakimov-via-Flickr) It’s time to talk honestly about “fewer and less”: fewer people consuming less energy and materials. WES JACKSON, ROBERT JENSEN April 19, 2022 (CommonDreams.org) In a 1970 poster for… Continue reading
Apr 16, 2022 • Andrew Perez (LeverNews.com) To crush Nina Turner, oil mogul taps strategic petroleum reserve of cash for Shontel Brown. A super PAC bankrolled by a fossil fuel magnate is launching last-minute ads to try to crush the congressional candidacy of a leading proponent of a Green New… Continue reading
by YUJIE ZHOU APRIL 18, 2022 (MissionLocal.org) Two years ago, Chesa Boudin won the District Attorney’s election by a mere 2,840 votes, boosted in the ranked-choice voting system by 13,162 votes from his Chinese American competitor Nancy Tung. Much was made of Boudin’s support from a generally conservative voting bloc, a win… Continue reading
