We are midway through 2020, and struggling through a pandemic-fueled economic crash exacerbated by the federal government’s inadequate “stimulus” efforts.…
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We Are All on Native Land
With three news bureaus nationwide and a partnership with the Associated Press, Indian Country Today brings Native voices to mainstream…
Got Hunger?
Several U.S. cities have ambitious approaches to tackle food insecurity. But have they missed the most important part? As a…
Talking Amazon with Sonali Kolhatkar
Worker Strikes and Calls for Boycott on Amazon Prime Day from Rising Up With Sonali on Vimeo.
I spent a day with Rashida Tlaib
Photographers Eric Howard and Rosa Maria Zamarron were there too. We were there for In These Times, a socialist magazine out of…
Is this the future of big box?
How Abandoned Big-Box Stores Can Bring Communities Together What do a BMX center, a church and an international marketplace have…
NPR “Stateside” interview
You can hear me on NPR-Michigan Radio’s show “Stateside”: New immigrants turning to a community-based banking alternative to build savings, trust
Money Circles: The most important financial tool you’ve probably never heard of
Nkem Khumbah immigrated to the United States from Cameroon in 1990. The seventh of eight children, he came for an education…
Outraged by ICE’s Treatment of Children? Stop paying money to companies that support them.
Are you sick of our government separating children from immigrant parents and putting them in cages? Do you think ICE…