David Morris
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Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Americans voted on over 150 initiatives — here’s what it says about our politics
What do voters really think—and where do corporations outspend their opposition on ballot measures? → Read More
How to Save the Internet
Not the Comcasts or the Verizons or the AT&T monopolies of the world. In late October, Ajit Pai, Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, proudly announced, “We’ve been energetic in advancing the public interest…over the past nine months, the Commission has voted on 63 items at our monthly meetings, compared to 103 in the preceding three years.” It now surpasses 70. → Read More
Making Affordable Housing Permanently Affordable
About 15 years ago, the half-century flight from America’s cities ended and a growing number of cities began to see increasing in-migration, often... → Read More
Farmworkers of the World — Unite!
This article was originally published in our The Public Good: Reports from the Front Lines (October 26, 2017), available here. Florida produces 90 percent of our winter tomatoes. The Immokalee region in southwestern Florida grows one-third of all U.S. tomatoes. The plight of farmworkers in the Immokalee area has been publicly known for decades. That plight was featured in Edward R…. → Read More
The Cruel Exploitation of Farmworkers Continues Unabated—Only Organizing Can Turn It Around
Worker-managed agreements are finally improving conditions for Florida's tomato pickers. Florida produces 90 percent of our winter tomatoes. The Immokalee region in southwestern Florida grows one-third of all U.S. tomatoes. → Read More
There Is One Effective Way of Protecting Communities From Gentrification
It is an innovation that has been around for years. About 15 years ago, the half-century flight from America’s cities came to an end. A growing number of cities began see a growing in-migration, often of people with higher incomes. Rising real estate prices spurred land speculation and new developments, threatening existing neighborhoods with displacement and reducing affordable housing. → Read More
The Public Good: Reports from the Front Lines (October 26, 2017)
A selection of recent news stories with an ILSR insight into “The Public Good.” Free School Meals for Everyone | Farmworkers of the World: Unite | Reagan, Trump, and Activist Cities Free School Meals for Everyone In 2010, Congress passed the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act, a law championed by first lady Michelle Obama. Among other provisions,… → Read More
Protecting Communities from Gentrification
This article was originally published in our The Public Good: Reports from the Front Lines (September 27, 2017), available here. About 15 years ago, the half-century flight from America’s cities came to an end. A growing number of cities began to see a growing in-migration, often of people with higher incomes. Rising real estate prices spurred land… → Read More
A Thoroughly Modern Way to Fleece the Customer, Dynamic Pricing
This article was originally published in our The Public Good: Reports from the Front Lines (September 27, 2017), available here. In the beginning there were no fixed prices. Every transaction involved a negotiation between buyer and seller. Then, in 1861, as Guardian reporter Tim Adams informs us, Philadelphia retailer John Wanamaker introduced price tags along with the slogan, “If… → Read More
Big Finance is Destroying Big Retail
This article was originally published in our The Public Good: Reports from the Front Lines (September 27, 2017), available here. In the 1980s, leveraged buyouts became financial engineering’s newest invention. Corporate raiders would use the assets of the target corporation to collateralize the debt required to take it over. The resulting large debt payments burdened… → Read More
The Public Good: Reports from the Front Lines (September 27, 2017)
A selection of recent news stories with an ILSR insight into “The Public Good.” A Thoroughly Modern Way to Fleece the Customer | Upending the American Definition of Property | Punishing Corporate Criminals | The Hell With the 6th Amendment | Corporate Parasites A Thoroughly Modern Way to Fleece the Customer In the beginning there were… → Read More
The Public Good: Reports from the Front Lines (September 6, 2017)
A selection of recent news stories with an ILSR insight into “The Public Good.” Separate and Unequal, Again In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a 58 year-old decision upholding the right of states to have segregated school systems. “Separate but equal” it ruled, was inherently unequal. Sixty-three years later de jure segregation is illegal, but… → Read More
It's Time To Take America's Billionaire Class Head On
This is a time to expose, to educate, and to resist the billionaire class. → Read More
Beyond Candidates: Three State Initiatives That Could Bolster Democracy
On November 8th citizens in 35 states vote on 163 ballot initiatives. They cover a wide range of subjects (e.g. marijuana, minimum wage, taxes, gun control). To my mind, initiatives in three states — California on reducing drug prices, South Dakota on revamping its political system and New Mexico on the inequitable use of bail — stand out as having a potentially broad national impact. Continue… → Read More
Three Ground-Breaking Progressive Initiatives That Are Under the Radar This Election
On November 8th, citizens in 35 states vote on 163 ballot initiatives. Initiatives in three states stand out as having a potentially broad national impact. → Read More
Going Beyond Candidates: Three State Initiatives That Could Change America
On November 8th citizens in 35 states vote on 163 ballot initiatives. They cover a wide range of subjects (e.g. marijuana, minimum wage, taxes, gun control). To my mind, initiatives in three states—California on reducing drug prices, South Dakota on revamping its political system, and New Mexico on the inequitable use of bail– stand out as… → Read More
Three Ground-Breaking Progressive Initiatives That Are Under the Radar This Election
State governments lead the charge for a progressive future on big pharma, criminal justice, and much more. → Read More
The Public Good Newsfeed – October 26, 2016: California Takes on Big Pharma, South Dakotans Take on the Political Establishment, and more…
A selection of recent news stories with an ILSR insight into “The Public Good.” Stories in this Newsfeed: California Takes on Big Pharma | South Dakotans Take on the Political Establishment | New Mexico Takes on Debtors’ Prisons California Takes on Big Pharma This November, Californians will vote on a ballot initiative that, according to Pharma… → Read More
The Public Good Newsfeed – October 5, 2016: Privatizing Public Parks, Automatic Voter Registration, and more...
A selection of recent news stories with an ILSR insight into “The Public Good.” Stories in this Newsfeed: The Supreme Court Decision That Prevented Real Integration | A Prison Strike Against Slavery | A Gideon for Civil Suits? | Automatic Voter Registration An Idea Whose Time Has Come | Privatizing Public Parks The Supreme Court Decision That… → Read More
Guns and Butter
In October 2015, when he was a very, very long shot for the Republican nomination, Donald Trump the businessman promised to make the military “much stronger than it is right now” without increasing military spending. “But you know what?” he declared, “We can do it for less.” In September 2016, as the Republican nominee, Donald… → Read More