Issue: 497

Neo-liberal policies, as well as the financial and political powers backing them, ensured that the City and its most vulnerable citizens would be adversely affected. Infrastructure deteriorations, breakdown of water and sanitation and prolonged electrical blackouts are products of public disinvestment and private profit-taking; delays in repairing the electric grid are products of cuts in…

Concerted action is the way to practice their democracy.When the Travis County, Texas, commissioners last week approved a policy that raises construction wages and wages in a few other fields from $7.50 an hour to $11 per hour, it was a victory for workers. The policy is not written in stone, but it is a…

There are countless examples of African people, throughout the world, creating ideas aimed at the upliftment of African people and when the people catch on to the idea, someone outside our community (European and Asians) taps into the idea for their own commercial benefit. At this moment in history, we find this occurring with the…