By December, the Census Bureau predicts that 3.8 million people will likely be evicted from their homes. Rents have increased 23% since July 2020, though last month the corporate media is bragging that they “fell” by 0.1%. Out of control inflation effectively amounts to an additional rent increase,
From Seattle, where a Republican will be City Attorney for the first time in 30 years, to India Walton’s dismal defeat in New York, progressive Democrats are facing a hard reality: performative “woke” speeches and empty soundbytes are not a solution to the challenges facing working class people. No
What kind of policy gets passed if any at all is up to a new, slightly more moderate city council and reelected mayor, who are unlikely to approve of an ordinance as exacting as one approved by a similar share of voters in St. Paul.