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Trump’s Real Crime Is Opposing Empire

April 15, 2023 by sstoker

Christian Parenti Within 24 hours of former President Donald Trump’s arrest on 34 overhyped felony counts related to hush-money payments made to conceal an extramarital dalliance, his re-election campaign raised $4 million, and he widened his lead in the Republican primaries to almost 30 percentage points. Yet a CNN poll also found that 60 percent … Read more

Opinion: New York’s answer to the eviction crisis triggered by COVID-19 needs a successor

January 19, 2023January 17, 2023 by sstoker

The Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which is set to close its application process Jan. 20, helped renters and landlords alike.

Read: Teddy Ostrow’s Article on the Largest Strike Against a Single Company in U.S. History

August 23, 2024December 1, 2022 by Paul

Click Here to read Teddy Ostrow’s article on the upcoming UPS worker strike

Read: Dante Dallavalle’s New Article “Winter Is Coming: A Recession Created by the Fed’s Disdain for Workers”

August 23, 2024November 8, 2022 by Paul

Click Here to read John Jay Economics Alum and Adjunct Professor Dante Dallavalle’s article on Common Dreams

Read: Taryn Fivek’s New Article “We need solutions, not slogans”

August 23, 2024August 6, 2022 by Paul

A recent article in the New York Times, “Relief Eludes Many Renters as Fed Raises Interest Rates,” bemoans the current conundrum facing workers with regards to housing. According to realtor websites such as ApartmentList and Zillow, rental prices soared 17.5% between 2018 and January 2022. Harder hit, of course, are young people, single parents, and people of color — all … Read more

Watch: Professor Christian Parenti on the History of the Political Left in the U.S.

August 23, 2024July 30, 2022 by Paul

Professor Christian Parenti speaks with Thaddeus Russell, host of the Unregistered podcast, on the history of the political left in the United States.