Is the State Here to Stay? - Boston Review
States are exerting greater control over capital. In the face of climate change, it may be too little, too late.
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States are exerting greater control over capital. In the face of climate change, it may be too little, too late.
Winter 2018 Issue: At a time when MLK’s radicalism has been swept uner the bed, this volume offer critical engagement in place of conservative canonization, recovering—and scrutinizing—the profoundly radical nature of King’s political, moral, and religious thought.
After eight months of work, a commission set up to review Richmond’s constitution or City Charter has stopped short of recommending a major overhaul of the city’s form of government.
While not one of the commission’s official recommendations, the change back to a council-manager form of government could put the mayor on City Council and reduce its membership to seven.
Gar Alperovitz is the Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland and co-founder of the Democracy Collaborative. He is the author, most recently, of What Then Must We Do? (Chelsea Green).