Scholastic Makes It Easy to Ban Black and LGBTQ+ Books
Caving to the far right, the children’s book giant lets school book fairs exclude diverse titles en masse. Natasha Lennard October 17, 2023 Read the full article here The Intercept
Category: Selected Media
Affordable housing developers collaborate on Playter Street revamp
Comment by Professor Taylor: “An apartment that cost $900 a month for either a one or two bedroom apartment is not affordable for most Blacks, Latinx, and immigrants. You need to make around $40,000...
After five decades, barber laments the change in people, not hairstyles
The jukebox was a longtime staple of J.V.’s Barber Shop – until rap music came along. Then it was gone. Rod Watson October 18, 2023 Read the full article here Buffalo News
In Louisiana, Police Reform Led Directly to a “Torture Warehouse”
A new lawsuit filed in federal court last month alleges that the Baton Rouge Police Department ran a “torture warehouse” where members of its Street Crimes Unit strip searched, beat, and otherwise humiliated people and then...
A Worker-Driven Model for Protecting Labor Rights Is Successful — and Expanding
Unlike corporate models, “worker-driven social responsibility” puts workers at the center of protecting their rights. Derek Seidman October 16, 2023 Read the full article here Znet
Is It Fascism Yet?
Neoliberalism is Killing the Poor Rob Urie October 15, 2023 Read the full article here Counter Punch
Capitalists Against Capital Standards for Banks
How the biggest banks are using community bankers to front for the self-interest of Wall Street in trying to weaken the rules Robert Kuttner October 12, 2023 Read the full article here The American...
People Power Vs. the Far Right Education Movement
Democracy Forward’s Skye Perryman talks about how to fight back against the far right’s movement to undermine public education. Glenn Daigon October 5, 2023 Read the full article here The Progressive
The First Tool to Name Obstetric Racism Might Finally Push Policymakers Into Action
We cannot fix the maternal mortality problem without fixing the human rights problem at its core. Dr. Karen Scott and Indra Lusero October 4, 2023 Read the full article here Ms. Magazine
Stop the tunnel, remove the highway and restore Humboldt Parkway
Knowing that Restoring Our Community Coalition has changed its long-standing position from advocating for removal of the NYS Route 33 (Kensington Expressway) and parkway restoration to supporting the proposed tunnel, I was surprised to...