by Leo Gerard | Jul 12, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Future of Work, I Speak, International, Jobs and Growth, Koch Brothers
Leo Gerard, a longtime contributor to OurFuture, retires Monday after 54 years as a union man and 18 as the International President of United Steelworkers (USW). We thank Leo for his leadership and tireless efforts for working people around the world. I was raised in...
by Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson | Jul 11, 2019 | Blog, Climate, Featured
I spent the summer of 2015 knocking on doors across Cincinnati. As a rising college sophomore, I’d joined a group called Ohio Citizen Action to canvass for my community and the planet. That year, the Ohio River was the most polluted body of water in the nation. Named...
by Sameena Mustafa | Jul 10, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Health
What does the American Medical Association (AMA) have in common with Sen. Mitch McConnell? Both refuse to support Medicare for All, the single-payer universal health care program proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 9, 2019 | Blog, Education, Featured
Former Vice President and current presidential hopeful Joe Biden recently caught a lot of flak for saying if President Trump were to be booted out of office, politics would go back to being sane again. He then suggested that his history of being “civil” with avowed...
by Karen Romero | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Immigration
Tijuana, where I live and work, has been thrust into the center of the Trump administration’s attack on migrants. It’s the first site of the “Remain in Mexico” policy, which forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their U.S. claims are processed. Since January,...
by Susan Holmberg, Bill Lilliston | Jul 1, 2019 | Blog, Economy, Featured, Rural
The Democratic primary debate on Thursday night was probably the first time that soil management—as climate policy—was ever mentioned at a primetime presidential campaign event. It was also one of the first tangible mentions of farm policy in two nights of debates....
