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The Writers’ Strike Opens Old Wounds

Kate Fortmueller Los Angeles Review of Books
While the methods of production and distribution have transformed several times over, every industry-wide strike since 1950 has been about residuals. Residuals have historically been the most hard-fought battles. Now there is streaming, and AI.

Imagine a Renters’ Utopia. It Might Look Like Vienna.

Francesca Mari; Photographs by Luca Locatelli New York Times
Soaring real estate markets have created a worldwide housing crisis. What can we learn from a city that has largely avoided it? The difference is Vienna prioritizes subsidizing construction, while the U.S. prioritizes subsidizing people with vouchers

We’ll Never Live in a World Without Tina Turner

Rob Sheffield RollingStone
Nothing could ever scare the fire out of her voice, which carried the whole story of American music in it. Tina Turner’s voice will never go silent. In the end, she is the big wheel who keeps on turning, forever. The Queen of Rock and Roll.

Organizing Despite the Churn

Jenny Brown Labor Notes
Despite the high turnover, at Amazon, in charter schools, in restaurants, and among student workers, unions are developing strategies to organize high-turnover workplaces.