With black communities nationwide far from recovered, a grassroots coalition wants the Fed to know that an interest rate hike could be disastrous.
Sam Ross-Brown
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Posted inEconomic Policy
Grassroots Coalition Pushes the Fed to Support a Real Recovery
If the Fed’s upcoming decision on whether to hike interest rates seems a little beyond your reach, you’re not alone. But economist Robert Reich wants to change that-and so does a growing group of activists, union leaders, and policy experts. Together with the Center for Popular Democracy, the AFL-CIO, and two dozen other unions and […]
Posted inAmerica and the World
Why Is Greece Cutting Pensions Instead of Its Massive Military Budget?
The Greek Parliament is set to vote today on reforms required for opening negotiations on a badly needed 86 billion euro bailout. Those reforms mostly include tax increases and budget cuts-conditions now painfully familiar to millions of Greeks who have already suffered through more than five years of crushing austerity. But one part of the […]
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Radical Inclusiveness of Black Lives Matter
Activist Linda Sarsour on the Arab American struggle against police brutality.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
From Our Friends at the Atlantic
If you haven’t seen it already, James Fallows, one of our favorite writers (and long-time Prospect contributor), has a very nice write-up of our new issue over at The Atlantic. “Congrats to the Prospect for publishing material like this for a quarter-century, and may it continue,” he writes. We’ll do our best!
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Politics of Offense and Defense
Once reliably blue strongholds, Wisconsin’s and Minnesota’s political paths have diverged in recent years.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Inequality of Water
Posted by guest-blogger Sam Ross-Brown. Late last month, the City of Baltimore began notifying thousands of residents that their water may soon be shut off due to lack of payment. As Sarah Lazare reports for Common Dreams, residents owing more than $250 in payments going back at least six months were notified that they had […]
