Author: Analisa Brewer
California Housing Discrimination
The ACLU News archive, dating back to 1945, documents the various forms of legalized housing discrimination leveled at Black people in Northern California, and also charts severe backlash to progres... Read More
Interested in Learning About Socialism? Here’s a Reading List You Might Find Helpful
You’re interested in learning more about socialism and its history, but you aren’t sure where to begin. There’s just so much information out there, and some of it, particularly where... Read More
The Maggie Phair Institute Sits on Gabrielino-Tongva Land
“Under the crust of that portion of Earth called the United States of America—”from California . . . to the Gulf Stream waters”—are interred the bones, villages, fields, and sacred o... Read More
The Maggie Phair Institute in the Philippines
Last month, I had the tremendous privilege to join my wife on a trip to the Philippines to visit family members living in Cebu City, located in the Central Visayas region of the archipelago. It wouldn... Read More
An Economic Bill of Rights for the People
Under a capitalist economic system, profit reigns supreme. The economic well-being of the people necessarily plays second fiddle to profit. Progressive reforms to the system – reforms that will deli... Read More
Climate Change: Where We Are At in 2019
To say that climate change now poses an existential threat is no understatement. It’s not hyperbole and it’s not alarmist. Why? While there is some complexity in the details, it’s rather simple ... Read More
Disarm the Police: An Email Campaign
According to The Root, “Police officers killed 1,129 people in 2017. More people died from police violence in 2017 than the total number of U.S. soldiers killed in action around the globe (21). ... Read More