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Mass Deportation Means the Mass Deporting of Workers

Filiberto Nolasco Gomez Workday Magazine
Everyone seems to have forgotten that immigrants do things, often things that nobody else wants to do. Restaurant, supply chain, and construction work is predicated on the exploitation of immigrant labor.

Expanding the Tones of Christmas - In Search of Black Santa

Nancy Redd The New York Times
My kids shouldn’t have to color their Santa Claus figurines with brown ink like I did. “America is less and less white, but a melanin-deficient Santa remains the default in commercials, mall casting calls, and movies,” - Aisha Harris.

Blood on the Fog

Lou Fancher East Bay Express
Tongo Eisen-Martin’s latest book of poems challenges whiteness and the status quo with a strong revolutionary practice.

How a Group of Starbucks Workers Emerged Victorious in Their Union Fight

Sonali Kolhatkar Independent Media Institute
Given that Starbucks would go to such lengths to stop just a handful of stores from joining a union, it’s no surprise that it took 50 years after its founding for a single café to unionize. And it’s no wonder it's seen as a groundbreaking event.

Pentagon’s 20-Year Killing Spree Always Treated Civilians as Expendable

Norman Solomon LA Progressive
What should not get lost in all the bold-type words like “failure” and “flawed intelligence” is that virtually none of it was unforeseeable. The killings have resulted from policies that gave very low priority to prevention of civilian deaths.