by Sam Pizzigati | Jul 16, 2019 | Blog, Economy, Featured, Inequality, Jobs and Growth
Have we hit peak decadence in the United States? Probably not. But we’re getting awfully close. The latest evidence just may be the “super-penthouse.” What exactly counts as a super-penthouse? Luxury analysts at List Sotheby’s International Realty have taken on the...
by Lisa M. Peck, MD | Jul 15, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Health
I have been practicing Internal Medicine in Lake County, Illinois for over 25 years. Every day I meet patients who struggle to afford their health care. Sadly, stories of failing care aren’t the exceptions in this country: they’re often the rule. Our system is...
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...