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Pay Discrimination in Women’s Sports Is a Labor Issue

Kim Kelly Teen Vogue
It will take a combination of worker power, union muscle, and legislative force to make equal pay a reality. However, if these athletes have made one thing clear, it’s that quitting isn’t an option — they’re certainly not giving up.

CNN's Debate Fail

David Dayen Common Dreams
The Democratic debate was an inevitable by-product of turning news into an entertainment and cultural product

Indecent Advances

Michael Nava Los Angeles Review of Books
Here is a book, says reviewer Nava, that makes "a significant contribution to queer history and to understanding the forces that shape contemporary queer identity."

Global Left Midweek - July 31, 2019

Portside
Labour and Brexit, Puerto Rico en la lucha, Hong Kong's ongoing fight against extradition, Fighting repression in Colombia, Opposing communal and caste violence in India, Ágnes Heller remembered, 98 years of the SACP, Plea for Iranian unionists

#WeAreAllBaltimore

Gabrielle Gurley The American Prospect
As The Baltimore Sun wrote, it’s better to have a few rats than to be one.