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The Conflicted Soul of Modern Liberalism

Warren Breckman The New Republic
Tracing the history of an idea, the author charts liberalism’s two century Jekyll and Hyde existence as a credo on freedom and an ill-fitting defender of mass democracy.

A Labor Movement 2020 Election Strategy

Rand Wilson and Peter Olney Organizing Upgrade
Absent a bold, well-articulated working-class program, labor’s agenda risks being crushed by the Democratic Party’s traditional pro-corporate and discredited neo-liberal ideology.

The Black Girl Looks at Other Black Girls

Khanya Khondlo Mtshali Los Angeles Review of Books
This first book by a young African American writer offers a glimpse into the post-Ferguson generation's thinking and concerns. In this essay, reviewer Mtshali engages in a productive dialogue with these ideas and concerns.

Mourn Stanley Hill, 1st Black Leader of DC 37

Richard Steier The Chief-Leader
Stanley Hill rose through the ranks of District Council 37. He became its first black executive director but was forced to resign when the union was rocked by a corruption scandal involving some of his closest aides and political allies.

Black Workers had Long History with Fed Jobs Before Shutdown

Corey Williams The Atlanta Voice
The shutdown that ended Friday left an especially painful toll for African-Americans who make up nearly 20 percent of the federal workforce and historically have been on the low end of the government pay scale.

Mexican Workers Are Engaging in Wildcat Strikes at the Border

Kent Paterson In These Times
Catalyzed by the Mexican government’s minimum wage hike in the northern border zone, wildcat protests in Mexico’s assembly-for-export industry, or maquiladoras, greeted the first weeks of the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (A