Detroit is a skeleton of a city evocative of a past prosperity, ringed by disproportionately affluent suburbs. While Detroit’s struggles began long before the turn of the century, the political and economic turmoil that has mired the city for the [...]

Detroit is a skeleton of a city evocative of a past prosperity, ringed by disproportionately affluent suburbs. While Detroit’s struggles began long before the turn of the century, the political and economic turmoil that has mired the city for the [...]

Rolling Jubilee—a new campaign by Strike Debt and Occupy Wall Street— buys debt for pennies on the dollar, and abolishes it on behalf of recipients. Instead of collecting the debt, Strike Debt abolishes it. Debtors are picked at random. Strike [...]

Girgaum Chowpatty beach in Mumbai (Ahmad Masood/Reuters) Nearing the midpoint of India’s Monsoon season that runs from from June to September, lack of precipitation has farmers and global futures markets worried. It is too soon to have been officially labeled [...]

Facing a $3.2 billion budget gap, the conservative party in Puerto Rico have implemented severe spending cuts to social programs. What seems to be the same story, different day is particularly interesting because of timing of the government’s actions. Many [...]

On the heels of the global recession and European sovereign debt crises, youth protests fueled by and organized via social media have exploded.  Along with the macroeconomic and social erosion within the EU, the uprisings are undoubtedly influenced by the [...]