Seeking Environmental Justice in the U.S. Virgin Islands: St. Croix’s Battle with an Oil Refinery that Refuses to Die
St. Croix residents deal with pollution from an outdated oil refinery
Articles
Gig Economy and the Future of Work
Uber & Lyft’s race to the bottom–an opportunity to redefine work
Shao Chang
The Costs of Carceral Communications: How a Prison Telecommunications Company Exploits Incarcerated People and Their Loved Ones
Prison telecommunications provider, Securus, gouges incarcerated people and their families.
Adriel Williams
Shots Fired, and Profited On: Inside the Campaign against “ShotSpotter” in Chicago
A controversial police technology company uses money, influence, and secrecy to benefit its bottom line. Can a group of Chicago organizers take it on?
Anna Bower
Marketplace of Violence: Bidding for Brutality Among Minnesota’s Police
How private companies incentivize public police to prioritize property over people.
Tala Alfoqaha
Brave New Work: The Resurgence of Organized Labor in the U.S.
How corporations destroyed worker power, and how the pandemic might bring it back.
Julio Colby
Take Their Children, Then Their Land
Private interests intend to destroy 44 years of Native American child welfare policy
Maggie Hagen
Plastic Recycling and Other Fairytales
How the Plastics Industry Used Recycling to Blame Consumers for the Plastic Crisis
Micaiah Barley
From Individual Failing to Corporate Crisis
How the U.S. Identified the Cause of the Opioid Epidemic