May 2021

Marty Levine May 31, 2021 Antisemitism seems to be on the rise, raising ripples of fear across the Jewish community. Behind the veil of that stark picture, we can...

Marty Levine May 27, 2021 Attempts to respond to the ravages of the pandemic, rebuild the nation’s fraying infrastructure, and ensure that our social safety net can protect those...

Carole Levine        May 27, 2021 I started writing this piece on May 25th.  That date marked the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd...

Marty Levine May 24, 2021 What I do not know may not hurt me, but it certainly can hurt others. It is one year since George Floyd was murdered...

Carole Levine    May 22, 2021 There was outrage when a leaked video of a meeting of Heritage Foundation donors showed Jessica Anderson, the executive director of Heritage Action for...

  Marty Levine 05/19/2021 Earlier this week, feeling the freedom that being fully vaccinated against COVID has brought it was time to enter the halls of the Chicago Art...

Marty Levine 5/17/2021 It is big news when McDonald’s announces that $13/hour would now be the new minimum wage for their 36,500 workers who cook burgers and fries in...

Who should decide what is in the public interest? Marty Levine May 13, 2021 When, a century ago, the US Congress, needing to pay the cost of WWI turned...

The Cynicism and Cruelty of Safety-Net Slashers Marty Levine May 9, 2021 In April, the US economy added only 266,000 new jobs, well below the 1 million that economists...