Ghosts of 23rd & Jackson Past
Gentrification in the Central District has now officially metastasized, courtesy of Vulcan. Jeff Stevens recalls a certain infamous incident in the history of that gentrification this morning at the Star.
Who Are The Middle Class?
So much political talk revolves around America’s middle class? But who exactly are this “middle class”? And how would we know. Nicole Woo, Kevin Cashman, and Cherrie Bucknor lay it out.
Employers Are Hiring People Who Are Not Unemployed
Nick Buffie reads the numbers and finds that jobs are not going to people who are unemployed but rather to those who are.
Science Heroes of Flint’s Lead Water Crisis
Scientists have been responsible for pointing up the disaster in Flint more than politicians. Tabitha M. Powledge sings a bit of praise for them.
Child’s Song
Poetry by Brenda Neth
The News From Dragon Mountain
Beyond the cries for neoliberal growth and globalization, an old cooperative force pushes along. John M. Repp goes to the Basque country and discovers another way forward.
Why Are Universities Fighting Open Education?
A tired old argument about software patents is holding up common sense reforms to open up education across the country. Why? Elliot Harmon checks in.
Let’s Light Up the Global Commons
Creative Commons’ Ryan Merkley continues his vision for the Creative Commons, the public domain, and you, the oft-too-ignored user.
The Environmental Racism Flowing in Flint
Governments regularly make decisions about pollution and sanitation that disproportionately affect minorities. The new president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Kristen Clarke, writes.
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