A discussion of the struggles in the Bay Area surrounding education in the COVID-19 pandemic
Mayor London Breed and the city of San Francisco have sued the San Francisco Unified School District on the basis of lacking a "concrete" plan for returning to in-person learning, claiming negligence ...
5 Mar 202111min
Gloria La Riva discusses her experience being caught within the Texas winter storm
This is an excerpt from Gloria La Riva's discussion of her recent experiences being caught in the winter storms that have been devastating much of Texas, leaving many without shelter, water or electri...
27 Feb 20219min
Snowstorm + capitalism = disaster for more than 100K in Mississippi
This week, Mississippi is experiencing unprecedented freezing conditions resulting from ice storms that blasted through the U.S. South. In addition to being unaccustomed to the freezing rain, ice, and...
24 Feb 202111min
The civil rights and Black Power movements
The decade of the 1950s is known for the dramatic rise of reactionary politics, especially the virulent anti-communism of the McCarthy era. Amidst and against this period of great reaction emerged the...
22 Feb 202115min
The Communist Manifesto: A working-class guide to changing the world
The Communist Manifesto stands among the most well-read books of all time. One hundred sixty years after it was first published, it has been reprinted hundreds of times in most of the world’s language...
21 Feb 202111min
What does the GameStop stock frenzy tell us about capitalism?
The closing days of January shook Wall Street with a struggle between powerful stock market players and amateur investors that left investment firms reeling with billions in losses. On one side were ...
18 Feb 202110min
Texas infrastructure nears collapse, millions without power, water
A winter storm of historic proportions is causing critical infrastructure failures across the state of Texas, with another winter storm approaching tonight. The full weight of the devastation isn’t ye...
17 Feb 202118min
PSL Statement: What’s Behind Biden’s Executive Orders?
President Biden signed a package of 17 executive orders immediately following his inauguration on Wednesday. The orders are a mixed bag — some have very little substance and are primarily symbolic, bu...
14 Feb 20216min
