Four Days a Week: This Labor Day, Let’s Talk About Laboring Less
The progressive goal of less work and more living is finally back on the political agenda. Jon Schwarz September 3, 2023 Read the full article here The Intercept
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Black August and the struggle for equality
What is Black August? At first, it was declared by Black political prisoners at San Quentin in 1979 as an annual commemoration to honor the lives of Jonathan and George Jackson, both murdered by...
You Can’t Be a Socialist Alone
Two intellectual and movement leaders talk candidly about the growing mass rejection of capitalism—and the challenges of converting that into real socialist organization. Astra Taylor & Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor September 1, 2023 Read the full...
Public Schools’ New, Uneven Landscape
As students return to classrooms, schools are more expensive, more conservative, and more local than before. Peter Greene August 29, 2023 Read the full article here The Progressive
Redlining to remediation
The Jefferson Avenue commercial district in Buffalo, New York, is anchored by a supermarket. But Tops Friendly Markets, the only grocery store on Buffalo’s vast East Side, is the center of activity. More than...
Who I’m Hurting By Shopping At Walmart
Walmart is a multi-billion dollar corporation with headquarters more than 1,000 miles from my home; the money I spend there goes to shareholders and executives who live far away, instead of to my local...
Rod Watson: Time for a new nickname: City of Good Xenophobes
Really want to cut crime in America? It’s simple: Deport all of the Americans. For all of the fear being drummed up after two sex crimes reportedly committed by asylum-seekers bused here from New York City,...
My View: Patriotism goes beyond symbolic acts
On the Fourth of July, we are all are red, white and blue patriots. Mike Phelan August 23, 2023 Read the full article here Buffalo News
A California store owner was shot and killed over a Pride flag displayed at her shop
A Southern California business owner was shot and killed Friday by a man who objected to an LGBTQ+ Pride flag displayed at her clothing store, officials said. Jonathan Franklin August 20, 2023 Read the...
An 1837 Portrait of an Enslaved Child, Obscured by Overpainting for a Century, Has Been Restored and Acquired by the Met
A collector dedicated to unearthing Louisiana’s African American history through works of art identified the painting’s enslaved sitter. Sarah Cascone August 15, 2023 Read the full article here Artnet News