January 14, 2021 The Post-Trump Future of Literature Viet Thanh Nguyen The New York Times What will writers do when the outrage is over? Will they go back to writing about flowers and moons?
January 13, 2021 Vast Coalition Calls on Biden to Impose National Moratorium on Water Shutoffs Nina Lakhani The Guardian More than 600 environmental, rights and religious groups to present draft order amid widespread shutoffs despite pandemic
January 13, 2021 New York Coalition Pushes 'Tax the Rich' to Raise State Revenue Sam Mellins The Progressive The Invest in Our New York Campaign, involving more than 100 groups, is urging legislators to take action amid the COVID-19-induced recession.
January 13, 2021 Ibram X. Kendi on Why White America is Still Shocked by White Supremacy Fabiola Cineas Vox Antiracism work continues in 2021, but the events of January 6 prove that fighting bigotry is a journey.
January 13, 2021 Trump Is the Republican Party’s Past and Its Future Lisa McGirr The New York Times Donald Trump is not an aberration but a blueprint.
January 13, 2021 Google’s New Union Is Already Addressing Political Issues Aarian Marshall Wired The Alphabet Workers Union said YouTube’s response to the insurrection was “lackluster” and inadequate. In a statement, the group said Google was not enforcing its own policies, while the platform was being used to “spread hatred and extremism.”
January 13, 2021 Strongmen Charles Kaiser The Guardian Ruth Ben-Ghiat delivers a superb examination of how close the US came to fascism – and how it has propped it up before.
January 13, 2021 Global Left Midweek - January 13, 2021 Portside Fascism, fascization, and antifascism 2021. Reports and analyses, with urgent words from Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad and Alain Badiou.
January 12, 2021 For Health Care Workers, The Pandemic Is Fueling Renewed Interest In Unions Aneri Pattani NPR Many workers are turning to unions as they say say employers and government systems that are meant to protect them have failed.
January 12, 2021 Accountability for Trump’s Corporate Enablers Phil Mattera Dirt Diggers Digest There is another group of enablers who should be called to account: Corporate America.
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