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Defend the Post Office, Defend Black Workers

Paul Prescod Jacobin
The United States Postal Service is a crucial institution for black workers in America. That's why Bernie Sanders's strong support for defending and expanding the USPS is a key racial justice issue.

The American Paranoia of Stranger Things 3

Sophie Gilbert The Atlantic
Stranger Things 3 is more deeply informed by American paranoia than ever before, as the show starts to mine classic, Cold War–inspired works of the mid-1980s.

Labor Raises the Floor in Nashville

Chris Brooks & Rebecca Kolins Givan The American Prospect
As construction booms in an increasingly progressive city, workers find the power to unionize in the otherwise non-union South.

Rural Oregon Deserves Better

Rural Organizing Project Rural Organizing Project
ROP organizers have shown great courage, educating about - and standing up to - right-wing militia groups in rural Oregon. This post suggests important actions that the rest of us can take.

Why Did the Obamas Fail to Take On Corporate Agriculture?

Michael Pollan The New York Times
When Obama took office, it seemed that the food movement — the loose-knit coalition of environmental, public-health, animal-welfare and social-justice advocates seeking reform of the food system — might soon have a friend in the White House. The Big Food stepped in.

Why Did the Obamas Fail to Take On Corporate Agriculture?

Michael Pollan The New York Times
When Obama took office, it seemed that the food movement — the loose-knit coalition of environmental, public-health, animal-welfare and social-justice advocates seeking reform of the food system — might soon have a friend in the White House. The Big Food stepped in.