"There have been many books on neoliberalism and financialization," writes reviewer Sharpe, but few others "have traced the history down to the level of individual documents and memos."
Only 11% of the rental assistance money allocated by Congress has been distributed. “If that money was parceled out at even a somewhat reasonable rate, there would be no crisis at all.”
Ed Asner's concerns about economic and social justice did not stop with helping performers. He fought for victims of poverty, violence, war, and legal and social injustice, both in the United States and around the globe.
In director and cowriter Nia DaCosta’s new Candyman, the body count mostly includes those who repeat the practices of systemic cruelty and racism that led to his lynching and other hateful deaths.
The legendary actor Ed Asner, who died at 91 this week, was an unflagging supporter of socialist causes. And he paid a price for his leftism, taking a stand against Ronald Reagan’s bloody Central America interventions and losing a show over it.
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