Public Funding

Leveraging Public Funding To Strengthen Worker Protections

February 14, 2025 Nick Wertsch, Inequality.org. Strategize! Economic inequality, Public Funding, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Weeks into President Trump’s second term, everyday working people are already suffering the brunt of conservative attacks, from ICE raids and mass arrests to unlawful cuts to the federal workforce and the elimination of programs that expand and ensure equity of opportunity, bar discrimination, and reduce racial disparities. Most recently, the Trump administration has unleashed a broadside of attacks on federal workers and the agencies such as the National Labor Relations Board that protect them. Unions are one of the most effective institutions for reducing racial and economic inequality, protecting immigrant communities, and building worker power.

Scheer Intelligence: How To Save American Journalism

November 7, 2020 Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. Educate! Democracy, Media, Monopolization, Public Funding

It’s no secret that the U.S. funding model for journalism is broken, and that this had terrible consequences for our democracy, but it may not be without repair. As advertising revenue newspapers once relied on has increasingly ended up in the pockets of big tech companies such as Google and Facebook, many have shut down their presses, while others such as the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times have turned to billionaires to fund their papers, resulting in a model that has turned journalism into a playground for the uber rich that conceals the economic plight of most of the population.

Could New Jersey Solve The Local News Crisis?

April 30, 2020 Joshua Benton, NiemanLab.org. Create! Local Media, New Economy, New Jersey (NJ), Public Funding

Americans, generally speaking at least, think it is right and good that they and their neighbors have access to books. And magazines and newspapers. And internet access when you need it. And places to sit and read. And a trusted source you can call when you have a question you can’t figure out the answer to. These things cost money, and it’s unlikely the magic of the marketplace will find a way to make all of them universally accessible. So people in nearly every community nationwide have funded and supported these things called libraries. In many places, those libraries are funded by a special dedicated tax or fee, which goes to buy those books, pay for that internet access, keep the lights on, and so on.

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