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Michael Laxer

POOR Magazine Started With a Mother and Daughter Experiencing Homelessness and Grew Into a Movement

A mother and daughter in and out of homelessness founded a grassroots magazine in 1996, by and for people experiencing poverty. It grew...

Michael Laxer

How California’s Fast-Food Workers Won $20 an Hour

The fast-food industry threatened to undo a major labor law in California. But even a compromise bill appeasing the industry is a huge...

Michael Laxer

Why Is Kaiser Permanente Engaging in Corporate Kabuki?

Ahead of a potentially historic strike, a major nonprofit health care provider seems to be choosing corporate values over worker...

Michael Laxer

Ancient Roots: A Promising New Project to Organize Humanity’s Universal Heritage

An international group of researchers and data scientists are creating a comprehensive database of the world’s archaeological...

Michael Laxer

Billionaires Envision a New Utopian City -- to Replace What They Ruined

Silicon Valley’s wealthy elites have been secretly buying up land in one of California’s poorest counties to build a new city from the...