A critical post. First an urgent call for two hours of your time, to conduct GOTV calls to Montana and unseat a GOP Representative, followed by analysis of how a Public Bank in Santa Fe could prevent gentrification and help revitalize our city without gentrification.
He campaigned saying the rich should pay more and the middle class should pay less. Nope. As this post reveals, the Trump tax plan is an obscene transfer of wealth predicated on what Geo. Bush called voodoo economics. It failed with Reagan & it will fail again. Read on. Shocking, absolutely shocking.
Two ways to look at this: Soda lobbyists and their misinformation undermined a solid progressive effort to do what our state seems to be unable to do: fund Pre-K. OR the city needs to find a more progressive funding source. Either way, the work continues. What’s more, this vote sends a warning signal to public…
We have highways, high rises, beach front property, inexpensive toys, and organic food shipped quickly to Whole Foods daily, but at what cost? Who profits most from these luxuries, and who pays the most? This post tries to answer those questions and, in the end, suggests a different path forward.
This post is informed by “Donald Trump: Ruling Class President” by Donald Street. Don’t be fooled by the title. Street illustrates that the ruling class is only marginally more controlling our lives under Trump than under Obama, Clinton, or other Dems. Nothing less than a grassroots revolution of our two-party system can address this. A must…
New Energy Economy, Tewa Women United, Earth Care, and others are drawing on MLK Jr and some inspirational words from his Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence speech to organize an urgent Climate March event. This post is devoted to this effort. The situation is urgent, the time is now. Read on and please…
We feature an article about the campaign to establish a State public bank in New Jersey (our future once Susana is gone), as the effort to create a public bank in Santa Fe moves forward, passing unanimously in the City’s Finance Committee last night. A public bank could be an important tool for creating economic…
Revitalization without displacement is, indeed, a challenge, but this post explores how Community Land Trusts can both increase public services and infrastructure without displacing current residents. The post also includes the latest on our Governor and the legislature’s apparent end game.
For decades city planners, economists, and social justice advocates have wrestled with the challenge of improving blighted or low-income neighborhoods without making them unaffordable to current residents. Now it is the City Different’s turn. A refreshing break from the world of war — let’s improve our city without displacing our neighbors. Here’s where we can make…
This post outlines how many hours individuals must work to secure housing in the US. It launches a series of posts on wealth inequality and on options cities have to create more sustainable housing, transit, and employment bases. Also included is a 2-minute video describing US imperialism’s global impact that is well worth sharing.
