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Meeting Labor’s Moment

Joseph A. McCartin Los Angeles Review of Books
In this new book, labor reporter and union organizer Nolan assesses today's labor movement in the United States and offers proposals aimed at helping it grow.

Unsteady Topography

Oksana Maksymchuk Pleiades
As wars go on, writes the Ukrainian-American poet Oksana Maksymchuk, civilians find moments of joy, but then….

Haunting American Dreams

Jonathan Lee The Guardian
A journalist travels across the US to unravel the secrets surrounding the life and death of his Ethiopian immigrant father.

Sing Sing Is a Humanizing Portrait of the Dehumanized

Alex N. Press Jacobin
Prisons serve as giant holding pens for people our society has come to see as subhuman. Sing Sing resists such dehumanization through a tender portrait of the creative capabilities and emotional lives of prison actors.

Have We Outgrown the CSA Model?

Lauren David Ambrook Research
Many farmers are adopting a “market credit” style model, giving customers the flexibility to choose what they want each week — if anything.
Many farmers are offering alternate direct-to-consumer models for purchasing their produce, adjacent to a CSA but with more flexibility.