No One Is Talking About Climate in the Midterms
The climate crisis is dire, and voters have indicated they want action. Yet less than 1 percent of ads for congressional midterm races have focused on the environment.
4 Articles by: Ricardo Gomez
Ricardo Gomez is a fellow at The Lever.
“Pro-Refugee” Corporations Are Bankrolling Anti-Immigrant Republicans
Major companies are trying to get good PR by joining a nonprofit that supposedly works to improve the livelihoods of refugees. But those same companies are bankrolling virulently anti-immigrant GOP politicians.
Wall Street Is to Blame for the Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi
The water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, wasn’t the product of government mismanagement. It was the result of Wall Street jacking up the city’s interest rates, which left residents with decaying infrastructure that couldn’t even deliver clean water.
Public Housing Can Help Solve the Housing Crisis. Rhode Island Is Building It.
Rhode Island is using COVID stimulus money to develop new public housing — exactly what we need to build a just, affordable housing system.