Marty Levine

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...

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...

  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...

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...

Unless you change it! Marty Levine May 2, 2021 When I first read George Orwell’s “1984”, I did not think I would still be needing to remember its warning...

A night of wishful thinking…a truly bipartisan fantasy Marty Levine April 29, 2021 Last night President Biden spoke to the nation about the need to expand the meaning of...

The corrupting influence of great wealth April 26, 2021 Marty Levine Last week,  Issue One published a story (“Outsized Influence”, Michael Beckel) gives us more reason to worry about...