5LL #53 - Cars, Dentists, Community Land Trusts, Public Banks, Feminist Sci-Fi

Americans Shouldn't Have to Drive, but the Law Insists On It
Gregory H. Shill, The Atlantic
The automobile took over because the legal system helped squeeze out the alternatives.
We Have A Dental Care Crisis. Medicare for All Could Solve It.
Natalie Shure, In These Times
Guaranteed dental coverage would finally put an end to the deep inequities in U.S. oral health.
How Community Land Trusts Can Help Address the Affordable Housing Crisis
Oksana Mironova, Jacobin
The United States is in the middle of a massive housing crisis. Community land trusts can help address it.
The One Strategy That Could Finance the Whole Green New Deal
Ellie Anzilotti, Fast Company
The current banking system in the U.S. doesn’t meet the equity or environmental aims of the Green New Deal. But the push to establish government-run banks that do is gaining momentum as an alternative.
World Without Men
Lyta Gold, Current Affairs
The wisdom and weirdness of feminist utopian novels…
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