Reclaim, Remain, and Rebuild
Everybody gains when residents of the poorest neighborhoods in the nation organize themselves to improve their collective fate. Last Saturday, Occupy Our Homes Atlanta (OOHA) and Metro Atlanta Democratic Socialists … Continue reading
Transit for All
The most recent round of public transit fare hikes in Atlanta translated into prohibitive prices for many users who don’t have other alternatives. Unfortunately, Atlantans also have to fear the … Continue reading
Sin Papeles, Sin Miedo
In the southern part of the United States where undocumented immigrants very often face exploitation, law enforcement efforts have also increased to ask people for immigration papers to increase the … Continue reading
Mass Strategy Meeting on United Progressive Offense
The second Mass Strategy Meeting in Atlanta turned out to be a great success. The meeting was a gathering of all the various groups that had been operating separately in … Continue reading
Diverse Coalition Defeats Bill Against 1st Amendment Rights
On March 29th, 2012, the State of Georgia House of Representatives declined to put Senate Bill 469 up for vote after several attempts to tweak the bill to specifically target … Continue reading
Between Demagoguery and Anarchy
As Lewis Black said last week on the Daily Show while talking about the indoctrination of children, The problem is that everything became ideological. But how did we get there, … Continue reading
Dogmatic Policy Worsens Economic Outlook
Price formation in financial markets are guided not only by data from quaterly balance sheets but also by global indicators of economic strength, growth, and emerging opportunities. Stock market indices … Continue reading
Sustainable Growth: Back to the Drawing Board
Wednesday night’s address to the nation to provide details on troop withdrawal from Afghanistan served both the purpose of fulfilling a campaign promise and of announcing new priorities. As … Continue reading
Federal Reserve Chairman Criticizes Fiscal Stance Proposed by Republicans
Today’s meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve was not only deciding on the course of interest rates between now and their next Federal Open Market Committee … Continue reading
Nexus of Change 