The Poor People’s And Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to The Polls, in Washington D.C., on Saturday, June 18. Gather at 9:00 a.m., begins at 10:00 a.m. RSVP to get on a bus to Washington, D.C. at the web site. Sign up to be a mobilizing captain at the web site … Read more
Even before COVID19, too many Arizonans were living with food, housing and economic insecurity. Under failed Republican leadership at the state and federal levels, the pandemic rages on and increases. For the first time in 50 years, Arizona voters have the opportunity to shift the balance of power in the Arizona Legislature and hand the … Read more
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week by the most in two months, to 898,000, a historically high number and evidence that layoffs remain a hindrance to the economy’s recovery from the pandemic recession. For context, the previous record for weekly unemployment claims was 695,000 set in 1982 — a record that has now … Read more
Above Image: From Der Spiegel magazine cover (June 2020). The U.S. cannot solve its economic crisis until it solves its COVID-19 crisis. There are mitigating measures the U.S. could be taking before a vaccine is developed and becomes widely available, but the Trump administration and far too many governors simply refuse to do it. The … Read more
What does “defund the police” mean to you? Following the tragic and unnecessary deaths of George Floyd, Dion Johnson, Rayshard Brooks, Carlos Ingram Lopez and others at the hands of law enforcement officers, there have been calls to “defund the police.” Often the same people who say “defund the police” also add “that doesn’t mean … Read more