Africa

South Africa’s American Refugees

Oliver Layman / Africa Is A Country May 20, 2025 Cape Town’s digital nomads chase cheap luxury and scenic backdrops. But behind the matcha lattes and “social impact days” lies a deeper story of economic power, displacement and global inequality. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

TD Original

Eat, Pray, Pollute

Christopher Ketcham / Truthdig Sep 26, 2024 In Barcelona and beyond, people are rising up against a tourism industry that strains infrastructures, commodifies culture and destroys ecosystems. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

Airbnb Drives Up Housing Costs for Everyone. Let’s Regulate It.

Sonali Kolhatkar / IMI Feb 1, 2024 Corporate landlords are buying up homes and converting them into short-term rentals, but some cities are fighting back. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

Short-Term Rentals Are Still Destroying Neighborhoods

Eva Ruth Moravec / Texas Observer Sep 15, 2023 Giant temporary housing platforms are creating drama in the streets—and putting money in the coffers of Texas cities. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

U.N. List Targets Firms Linked to Israeli Settlements

JOSEF FEDERMAN and JAMEY KEATEN / The Associated Press Feb 12, 2020 Over 100 companies are said to be complicit in violating Palestinian human rights by operating in the occupied West Bank. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Airbnb Bans ‘Party Houses’ After California Shooting Kills 5

STEFANIE DAZIO and DAISY NGUYEN / The Associated Press Nov 2, 2019 The CEO says the company will crack down on high-risk home rentals after the violence at a gathering billed as an 'Airbnb mansion party.' Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

IPOs Bring Tax Jackpot for California; Can Lawmakers Resist Spending It?

ADAM BEAM / The Associated Press May 5, 2019 The Golden State is estimated to add $1 billion or more to its tax revenue after companies like Uber and Airbnb go public. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Airbnb’s Boycott of Israeli Squatter Settlements Is a Major Turning Point

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Dec 19, 2018 The living space-sharing company's delisting of apartments in the West Bank's illegal settlements marks a shift in the business world. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Airbnb’s Brand of Gentrification Is Harming Six Cities

Liz Posner / AlterNet Nov 6, 2017 Longtime residents are being pushed out of apartments to make way for tourists in the U.S. and Europe. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What’s Yours Is Mine

Peter Richardson / Truthdig May 2, 2016 The Sharing Economy, epitomized by companies such as Uber and Airbnb, "is a movement for deregulation," Tom Slee writes "It's not about building an alternative to a corporate-driven market economy; it's about extending the deregulated free market into new areas of our lives" The Sharing Economy, epitomized by companies such as Uber and Airbnb, "is a movement for deregulation," Tom Slee writes". Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How Airbnb and RE/MAX Profit From Israel’s Colonization of Palestine

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 14, 2016 The two American companies are making money from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. And that's not all. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why the Sharing Economy Is Harming Workers—and What Must Be Done

Robert Reich / Truthdig Nov 30, 2015 In this holiday season, it’s especially appropriate to acknowledge how many Americans don’t have steady work. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )