A new program in Oakland breaks away from the corporate bandwagon of going green to bring solar power to low-income residents.
In March 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. traveled to Memphis, Tenn. to support 1,300 striking sanitation workers who toiled for poverty wages in horrendous working conditions. Following King’s assassination there on April 4, the workers won legal recognition for their union.
The dangers lawmakers face when they approach health care policy without the bigger picture in mind.
The state’s historic new universal health care system will cover the undocumented workers who toil in dangerous isolation to keep Vermont’s farms in business.
Let’s hope so. Because workers of color have rarely been in more dire need of a true political voice.
From rising unemployment to domestic violence and depression, communities of color are still being hit hardest one year after the disaster.
A new study from Colorlines’ publisher, the Applied Research Center, reveals deep inequity in the food system.
Congress had a chance to continue a program that created 250,000 jobs and help single moms out of poverty. They blew it.
Studies show this crisis isn’t just about money any more.
We can’t train people for green jobs that don’t exist. Let’s instead look at solutions.