U.S. defense spending and the resulting militarization of our nation’s police forces dwarf investments in actual needs, such as housing and social services The excessive use of force and killings of unarmed Black Americans by police has fueled a growing n ...
6 Aug 2020 - Martin Hart-Lan...
STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Efforts to confront racism should extend to the fight for climate justice Outrage over the recent police killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd has sparked ever larger street protests with participants demandin ...
30 Jun 2020 - Martin Hart-Lan...
COMMENTARY | The failings of our current system are only accentuated by the coronavirus crisis We shouldn’t be satisfied with a return to normalcy. We need a “new normal.” We are now in a recession, one triggered by government-ordered closures of business ...
21 Apr 2020 - Martin Hart-Lan...
COMMENTARY | As the largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world, America’s military must be reined in Climate change is happening, highlighted by dramatically shifting weather patterns and ever more deadly storms, floods, droughts and wildfires. And the e ...
14 Feb 2020 - Martin Hart-Lan...
COMMENTARY | We need more funding for public programs; we also need to address the obscene concentration of wealth The bank robber Willie Sutton, when asked by a reporter why he robbed banks, is reputed to have answered, “Because that’s where the money is ...
20 Dec 2019 - Martin Hart-Lan...
COMMENTARY | With big businesses unwilling to bring back pensions or raise wages, seniors are left with tough decisions, and younger generations are left behind Despite its reputation as the wealthiest generation, baby boomers (generally considered to be ...
11 Oct 2019 - Martin Hart-Lan...
COMMENTARY | Beware of biased methodology and bogus assumptions about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Now that President Donald Trump has backed off his threat to impose tariffs on all imports from Mexico, serious talks have begun in Washington, D.C., on ...
21 Jun 2019 - Martin Hart-Lan...
COMMENTRY | It’s true: These young adults are faring worse than earlier generations A lot has been written and said that is critical of millennials. The business press has been tough on their spending habits. As a recent Federal Reserve Board study of mil ...
22 Mar 2019 - Martin Hart-Lan...
COMMENTARY | Thanks in part to corporate lobbying, lawmakers think constituents are more conservative than they are Midterm elections are long over. But do our elected leaders really know or care what we think about critical issues? Unfortunately, the evi ...
18 Jan 2019 - Martin Hart-Lan...
COMMENTARY | Don’t count on the courts to protect you If you think you can rely on the courts, rather than a union, to protect your workplace rights, you better think again. Simply put, the rights of workers are being quietly and steadily whittled down. I ...
23 Nov 2018 - Martin Hart-Lan...