Two New York City housing co-ops debated whether to privatize. Only one chose profit over public good.
Economic Power
大象传媒 Media鈥檚 coverage of economic power focuses on solutions to runaway wealth and income inequality. Achieving economic equity stems from the ability of workers to organize in traditional and non-traditional ways, including unions and cooperatives. It also means uplifting specific solutions to the housing crisis and hunger as well as educational and medical debt, and generational wealth inequity. And, it lies in broad programs to redistribute wealth via universal basic income programs and reparations for racial harms. Our vision also incorporates the value of rest and care, which do not need to be earned or deserved. The ultimate question is: Can we imagine a working alternative to capitalism?
We Can Solve Our Care and Housing Crises, Together
Both of these crises require new systems and structures that reflect our commitment to our blood and chosen families.
This Argentine Prison Cooperative Ended Recidivism
Inside a maximum security prison in Argentina, Libert茅 offers more than education and recreation for incarcerated people鈥攊t offers lessons in solidarity.
Can Organized Labor Survive Trump鈥檚 Second Term?
Trump鈥檚 anti-labor policies don鈥檛 mean worker-led organizing will stop or even slow down. Here鈥檚 why.
Undoing What Wall Street Did to the Housing Market
Billionaires have long leveraged the housing market for money. But a new report outlines how to regulate the market so people鈥攏ot hedge funds鈥攃an buy homes.
How Pet-Friendly Homeless Shelters Heal
The bond between people and their pets can be life-saving, especially amid the struggle for safe housing.
Labor Unions Prepare to Protect Workers, No Matter What
Can organized labor continue its recent momentum into the next presidential administration?
Progress 2025: A Vision for Economic Justice
A progressive alternative to Project 2025鈥檚 anti-tax, anti-worker economy includes worker protections and a strong social safety net.
Can the Next President Solve the Housing Crisis?
A housing rights organizer analyzes the solutions being proposed this election year to address the high cost of home buying and renting.
Meet the Mercaditas Fighting for Fairness in Mexico
Street selling is a risky activity in Mexico City. But the mercaditas movement aims to empower women and nonbinary sellers to protect themselves from economic exploitation.
Breaking Up With Capitalism
A paradigm shift for our economy begins when we name and see the anti-democratic bias that lies at the heart of our capital-centric system.
Union-Busting Is Rampant. Here鈥檚 How to Fight Back.
A two-step card check process is efficient, making it easier for workers to unionize with a simple majority.
UAW Makes History at Tennessee Volkswagen Plant
The United Auto Workers鈥� union victory in Tennessee was the result of strategic decisions, and could herald a bright future for organized labor in the South.
New York Considers a Social Housing Bill
Social housing as a concept is gaining popularity. Now, the state of New York is considering a bill to make it a reality.
Centering the Dignity of L.A.鈥檚 Unhoused
Unhoused people in Los Angeles just survived a massive storm. What can the city do about housing before the next extreme weather event?
Cooperative Ways to Weather the Silver Tsunami
As baby boomer business owners retire, their employees are taking ownership of their own futures.
How to Defeat 鈥淲ealth Supremacy鈥� and Build a Democratic Economy
Marjorie Kelly's new book critiques the U.S. economy's embrace of "wealth supremacy," and explores alternate models of democratic economies.
Illegally Fired Workers Fight Back
The Unemployed Workers United wants to raise the financial and political costs of illegally firing workers for union activity.
What Makes the UAW Strike Historic?
As contract negotiations broke down, the United Auto Workers authorized a historic strike at Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis factories.
If Rent Is Out of Control, Time to Control Rent
Tara Raghuveer of People鈥檚 Action outlines detailed rent control regulations that have been proven to work in cities around the U.S.
5 Lessons from UPS Workers鈥� Successful Bargaining
The UPS Teamsters flexed their collective muscle to win most of their demands from the world鈥檚 largest delivery company.
Community-Powered Solar in Puerto Rico
With climate-fueled hurricanes in their past and future, Puerto Ricans are taking back their power.
Strippers Join Servers and Baristas in New Labor Movement
The LA-based Star Garden Topless Dive Bar just voted in favor of joining the Actors鈥� Equity Association, making it the first unionized strip club since the now-defunct Lusty Lady in San Francisco and Seattle.
Hollywood Finally Starts Skewering White Wealth
The caucasity of television shows about the casual cruelty of excess is critically important. Succession didn鈥檛 shy away from that, and neither should other shows profiling the rich.
Stronger Labor Laws Could Combat Human Trafficking
Author Melissa Hope Ditmore suggests that current political attention on human trafficking is performative rather than practical. In her new book, she makes the case for enforcing and expanding labor laws.
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