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A ShotSpotter spokeswoman said the multimillion-dollar deal was extended in October, the same month Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson declared his candidacy. Read the full story here. While Brandon Johnson was vowing on the campaign trail to end the city’s contract with

Click here to read the full story. The Monday morning after the third-largest bank failure in U.S. history, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul hosted a press briefing to talk down a nation on the edge. The bank, Signature, had a

The Chicago mayoral election pits a neoliberal school privatizer against a public school teacher and union organizer. Read the full story here. Tensions are high in Chicago, where early voting is underway in a hotly contested mayoral runoff. Incumbent Lori

With $1.6 million in his pocket from wealthy finance donors, Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas is attacking his progressive opponent Brandon Johnson’s plan to fund public schools and city infrastructure by taxing financial transactions. Read the full story here. In

The Lever

How Vallas Helped Wall Street Loot Chicago’s Schools

Matthew Cunningham-Cook

Mar 2023

Chicago’s mayoral aspirant enriched banks and helped create a financial crisis for the nation’s fourth largest school system. Read the full story here. When he led the Chicago school system, mayoral candidate Paul Vallas took actions that resulted in more

Housing advocates are highlighting how the failed bank fueled NYC’s housing crisis by funding predatory landlords. Read the full article here. Over the past week, bank runs have caused multiple U.S. institutions serving the technology and crypto industries to collapse.

In early December, U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres stood at a lectern embossed with the congressional seal in his district office in the Bronx, staring with his head cocked at a line of local news cameras. Read the full story here.

Equipment used to detect gunshots, identify crime hotspotsCritics say tools disproportionately used in minority areas    Source: Bloomberg By Emily Birnbaum December 6, 2022 at 10:55 AM PST Technology companies including Microsoft Corp.Motorola Solutions Inc. and Palantir Technologies

A coalition of 22 organizations is calling on T-Mobile to end its work with the Department of Defense providing cell service to the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base and detention camp. Read the full story here. T-Mobile has worked with the

The Nation

Why the Left Needs to Change How It Fights

Lucy Dean Stockton

Oct 2022

Bree Carlson, the new executive director of ACRE, discusses the struggle for racial and economic justice in a world of global capital. Read the full story here. The left, says Bree Carlson, needs to rethink its strategy. Tired of fighting