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The demand to “defund the police” asks politicians to go beyond platitudes and actually end the violence of policing, shifting resources in ways that promote the redistribution of wealth. Read the full story here. he phrase “defund the police” entered

This article is the fourth installment in our series co-produced by Bargaining for the Common Good and NPQ, titled Building a Movement for the Common Good. In this series, we learn how and why Bargaining for the Common Good

More than 100 protestors gathered at the National Multifamily Housing Council’s annual fall conference.They demanded that lawmakers “stop opposing tenant protections at the behest of real estate groups and developers.”  Protestors told Insider they are just getting started.  Read the

The trillion-dollar conglomerate’s new show, based on user clips from digital doorbell division Ring and hosted by Wanda Sykes, is blasted by privacy advocates and Democrat Ed Markey: “This is no ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’” Read the full story here.

Activists accuse Amazon of profiting from Israeli apartheid and insulating the country from criticism over the displacement of Palestinians. Read the full story here. On Tuesday, protesters disrupted the keynote speech at Amazon Web Services’s (AWS) summit at the Javits

Private equity money is pouring into the Phoenix real estate market, turning first-time homebuyers into renters. Read the full story here. Javier Vidana started out as a real estate agent in 2013, when Arizona’s Salt River Valley seemed wide open.

Donors can avoid capital-gains tax on non-cash investmentsLargest U.S. grant-maker has faced scrutiny as assets balloonRead the full story here. As cryptocurrencies boomed last year, boosting the wealth of investors in the asset class, so did the amount of

A new lawsuit challenges an interest-rate scheme that critics say helped Wall Street loot communities across America. Read the full story here. ith its subtropical climate and proximity to Disney World, Orlando, Florida has become one of America’s fastest growing

Amid a national housing crisis, giant private equity firms have been buying up apartment buildings en masse to squeeze them for profit, with the help of government-backed Freddie Mac. Meanwhile, tenants say they’re the ones paying the price. Daniel Cooper

Biden on Friday tapped two Black economists — Lisa Cook and Philip Jefferson — for open seats on the board. Read the full story here. President Joe Biden’s latest nominations to the Federal Reserve Board mark a major victory for