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Listing of news items for February 2, 2019 ... The Vanishing Resource We’re Not Talking About | Why the Green New Deal Must Put Utilities Under Public Control
Peter Burgess
There’s a Vanishing Resource We’re Not Talking About Humans are losing our cultural diversity even faster than we’re destroying the planet. Yet that diversity could be key to surviving environmental extremes. BY JESSICA STITES
The Green New Deal Must Put Utilities Under Public Control Community ownership of power is the most promising path toward equity, democracy and renewable energy. BY JACKSON KOEPPEL, JOHANNA BOZUWA AND LIZ VEAZEY
How Capitalism Turned Women Into Witches Sylvia Federici’s new book explains how violence against women was a necessary precondition for capitalism. BY SADY DOYLE
Does the Super Bowl Feel Too Political? Thank American Militarism. The staging of professional sports events is deeply political. It’s only when someone breaks character that we notice it. BY PETER CERTO
How the Demonization of “Gossip” Is Used to Break Women’s Solidarity Gender oppression shaped the notion of “idle women’s talk.” BY SILVIA FEDERICI
This Community Built a Democratically Controlled Water System. Now They Have To Defend It. Across El Salvador, water rights are under threat from corrupt politicians and corporations. BY CHRISTINE MACDONALD
Will AMLO Respond to the Central American Exodus With Compassion—Or Militarization? Mexico’s new progressive president says he has a just immigration plan. But critics say it’s flawed. BY HEATHER GIES
WORKING IN THESE TIMES Polar Vortex Shows How Incarcerated Workers Are Bearing the Brunt of Extreme Weather In Chicago, incarcerated workers were shoveling snow outside in the brutal cold wearing jumpsuits—and paid just $2. BY MICHAEL ARRIA In These Times is a non-profit, reader-funded publication.
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