UNDERNEWS: Making America work well again

Elections
Vote by mail
Ranked choice voting

Public campaign financing

Energy
Local power

Government
How to fix the Supreme Court when the Democrats are back in power
Participatory budgeting

Urban statehood

Housing & land

Justice

Restorative justice
Community Courts
Better policing
End of monetary bail
Center for Court Innovation

Labor
Shorter work week
How a 15 hour work week could change our lives
Paid time off for domestic workers

Money

Universal basic income is gaining ground in some cities
Alternative currency
Community time banks
Cooperatives
New generation of black led co-ops
How credit unions are different from banks
Guaranteed income
Maximum wage
Municipal banks
The case for municipal banks
Postal banking
Public banks
State banks
Time banking
Worker owned businesses
Holistic economis
Printing money
Usury

Population
Population growth
Word: The importance of degrowth

Transportation
Bus only lanes

ABOUT THE EDITOR

The Review is edited by Sam Smith, who covered Washington under nine presidents, has edited the Progressive Review and its predecessors since 1964, wrote four books, been published in five anthologies, helped to start five organizations (including the DC Humanities Council and the DC Statehood Party), was a plaintiff in three successful class action suits, served as a Coast Guard officer, and played in jazz bands for four decades.

A truly independent journalist with his feet firmly grounded in the reality of neighborhoods and everyday people. -- Patrick Mazza, Progressive Populist

A truly original voice in American journalism: humorous and plain spoken and filled with common sense -- Jay Walljasper, Utne Reader

Inimitable -- Mother Jones Magazine

Sam's a cynical cat -- Marion Barry

Sam's one of the few independent voices left. The press today is either extreme or special interest or else just establishment, an extension of the corporate spirit -- Sen. Eugene McCarthy,

One of a small group of whites with whom many blacks would trust their political lives - Chuck Stone, Washingtonian.

A reputation for wit, intelligence and anger. -- Claude Lewis, Chicago Tribune

Smith is an island of reason and information in a sea of narcissistic blather. -- City Paper, Washington

Whatever the debate, the Review's sharp critiques encourage us to look out our window, notice and act upon what we see, and also to look further -- to the rest of the country and globe -- to see how the organized big world interacts with our more spontaneous small worlds. - Utne Reader

UNDERNEWS

May 17, 2020

Making America work well again

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