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‘Our Guiding Star Is Solidarity’
Essay: From grassroots immigrant defense initiatives to legislation curtailing surveillance and data-sharing, Chicago organizers show what it means to stand up for your neighbors.
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Selma Gave America Democracy. America Forgot To Invest Back.
Essay: Jessica Norwood on the unfinished promise of Selma and how the conditions for reparative capital are taking shape in the city.
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The Century-Long Campaign To Sell Americans on the Free Market
The “trust the market” doctrine didn't win on the merits. Utilities, manufacturers, and oil money spent decades selling it through radio shows, school curriculums, Sunday sermons, and more.
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These Formerly Incarcerated Women Are Growing a Cooperative Economy in Chicago
After getting turned away by employers and landlords, the founders of ChiFresh Kitchen built a network of co-ops to provide jobs and homes. Now they’re helping other people coming home from prison do the same.
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It Takes More Than a Slogan to Build a Village
Essay: For over a decade, I've been giving low-income Black mothers in Jackson, Mississippi cash with no strings attached. The most radical part isn't the money – it’s the trust and consistency.
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What Believing In Bootstraps Cost Me
Essay: America told me I was pulling myself up by the bootstraps. It didn't tell me I was pulling myself apart.
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The Political Theater of “Pull Yourself Up By the Bootstraps”
The slogan originated as a satire of impossible self-improvement and has now become conservative gospel. The story of housing in Atlanta proves it’s never been true.
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What If Preservation Was About Repair, Not Freezing a Moment in Time?
Q&A: As the federal government whitewashes American history and mainstream preservation protects its own narrow idea of heritage, these Latino preservationists are charting a different path.
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We Are Here Because America Was There
Essay: My childhood block in Rhode Island tells a story of U.S. foreign policy, displacement, and labor — a story I wasn't taught growing up.
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America, Rebranded: The Birth of a Nation and the Question of Citizenship
Today’s debate over birthright citizenship isn't new. It's the same argument white America has been making since Reconstruction, dressed up for a new century.
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Cities Built Their Safety Nets on Federal Money. Now It’s Leaving All at Once.
Crime prevention, public health surveillance, and disaster preparedness programs across the country face a perfect storm as Washington cancels programs, COVID-era grants expire, and Medicaid cuts loom.
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Evicted Students Miss Class and Fall Behind. Tulsa Schools Want To Change That.
Tulsa is one of several cities trying to combat the chronic absenteeism and poor grades of students facing eviction.
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Nepal’s Water Infrastructure Is Failing, So Residents Are Reviving an Ancient Solution
With floods and contamination overwhelming Kathmandu’s water systems, communities are restoring traditional stone spouts that once served as the valley's primary water source.
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How Northeast Los Angeles Created a Playbook To Fight Back Against Speculators
In less than two years, this nonprofit has moved more than 50 housing units off the speculative market for good.
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Chicago Police Promised To ‘Fix’ Secret Traffic Stops. A Year Later, the Problem Has Gotten Worse.
Chicago police are making fewer traffic stops. But a new investigation finds half of stops are still not being reported to oversight agencies, despite a state law mandating disclosure.
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Learning To Drive in Gaza City
Essay: A Palestinian driving school and its four remaining cars are surviving the same way the whole city is: by salvaging, improvising, and refusing to stop.
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Baltimore’s Black Neighborhoods Are Finally Getting Better Pools
The city is giving pools in West and East Baltimore major upgrades after decades of segregation, neglect, and inequitable access.