The Social Fabric of the U.S. Is Fraying Severely, if Not Unravelling
Glenn Greenwald
August 28, 2020
The Intercept
Why, in the world’s richest country, is every metric of mental health pathology rapidly worsening? A full 10 percent of the U.S. population generally had seriously contemplated suicide in the month of June.
Half of the US Population Lacks Adequate Protections Against Evictions
Sasha Abramsky
August 25, 2020
Truthout
As fewer people remain able to afford rent in big cities, more leave those cities for cheaper regions, or simply fall out of the housing market and into homelessness. Think tanks and activist groups are thinking outside the box with solutions.
California’s Apocalyptic ‘Second Nature’
Mike Davis
September 11, 2020
Rose Luxemburg Stiftung NYC Blog
Fire in the Anthropocene has become the physical equivalent of endless nuclear war. A new, profoundly sinister nature is rapidly emerging from our fire rubble at the expense of landscapes we once considered sacred.
National (In)Security and the Pentagon Budget
Mandy Smithberger
September 13, 2020
TomDispatch
A Post-Coronavirus economy can no longer afford to put the Pentagon first. As it turns out, creating jobs through Pentagon spending is among the least effective ways to rebuild the economy.
Overturning Austerity 101: California’s Prop 15 Will Tax the Rich
Fred Glass
August 24, 2020
Labor Notes
“We’ve got to be able to pass Schools and Communities First, as one measure, and then come back with another measure, and another, so that we make the rich pay their fair share.”
Striking in the Coronavirus Depression
Jeremy Brecher
September 2, 2020
Labor Network for Sustainability
This article is part of a series on how workers are organizing in response to COVID-19 and the COVID-19 Depression.
The Secret Life of Groceries
Beth Dooley
September 9, 2020
SF Chronicle
A new book researching the grocery business reveals the unsustainability of American shopping.
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