Cop Shop: Where Dot-Com Meets Street Economy

by Heather Rogers and Christian Parenti

Express

A crisp wind pushes the smog off to Oakland as evening descends on Valencia Street. Swank SUVs double park awaiting valets, as confident blond girls in Capri pants and their khaki clad men mob the sidewalks, ramping up for another night of wining, dining and loud talk.

Touring Detroit

by Theodore Hamm

Express

Takin’ pictures of the ghetto? a local woman asks me.

Um, well, yeah, I reply.

What you see I don’t see?

Political Economy $101

by Ray Nedzel

Express

Lost in all the frenzy about who won the election was the fact that more money was spent on this campaign than any other in history.