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July 26, 2020

Can You Get Covid-19 Again? It’s Very Unlikely, Experts Say

Apoorva Mandavilli The New York Times

Reports of reinfection instead may be cases of drawn-out illness. A decline in antibodies is normal after a few weeks, and people are protected from the coronavirus in other ways.

July 26, 2020

The Dignity of Labor

William P. Jones Dissent Magazine

Despite the outpouring of praise for essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, their own interests continue to come second to the broader public’s need for cheap and reliable labor.

July 26, 2020

Race Is About More Than Discrimination

Bill Fletcher Jr. Monthly Review

Organized labor must adopt a different framework that starts with the difficult discussion about U.S. history . . . to lay the foundation for a different domestic and international strategy for workers’ rights and justice.

July 26, 2020

Black Lives Matter Chicago Sues to Prevent Occupation by Trump’s Paramilitaries

Marjorie Cohn Truthout

The groups seek an injunction to prohibit federal agents from “interfering in or otherwise policing lawful and peaceful assemblies and protests” in Chicago or arresting people without probable cause.

July 26, 2020

Review: HBO’s Perry Mason Examines Power and Faith Amid a Fog of Decay

Steven Scaife Slant

HBO's Perry Mason uses its central case and characters to tug at the different threads of a rich societal tapestry, deftly posing questions about religion, race, sexuality, and gender roles as the world unravels.

July 26, 2020

Maine Shipbuilders Bring the Hammer Down to Reject Concessions

Andy O'Brien Labor Notes

More than 4,300 IAM shipbuilders at the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine, are entering the sixth week of the largest private sector strike in the U.S. this year.

May 11, 2018