Not Simply a ‘Natural Disaster’
Labor Notes
“Coronavirus, Capitalism, and the Workers’ Movement”, part 1
A Mon Valley Memoir
Portside
Lessons from the last stand of steelworkers in Homestead
On the Dry Sea of Sonora
Chiron Review
Arizona-based poet Lollie Butler’s poetry captures the horrors of refugees crossing the Sonora desert.
Ahmaud Arbery Holds Us Accountable
The Bitter Southerner
Nobody belonged to the salt marshes of coastal Georgia more than Ahmaud Arbery. His family’s roots there run more than 200 years deep. A native of those same marshes writes about who Ahmaud was and and what his community must reckon with.
What Happens If Trump and Biden Both Claim Victory? Legal Scholars Fret Over Plausible Scenarios
Independent Media Institute
Delving into how Trump and the GOP can hijack the process, they find an untested law, procedural unknowns and few clear constitutional brakes
Prison Labor Replaces Striking Garbage Workers in New Orleans
Payday Report
After striking, the workers were fired en-masse earlier this week. Now, the city has found new workers to replace the striking workers - prison labor from nearby Livingston Parish.
Anti-vaccine Movement Could Undermine Efforts to End Coronavirus Pandemic, Researchers Warn
Nature
Studies of social networks show that opposition to vaccines is small but far-reaching — and growing
Biden and Sanders Create Joint Policy Task Forces
Vox
The unity task forces could have a big hand in shaping Democratic policy in 2020. Here’s who’s on them.
USPS: John Oliver
As the U.S. Postal Service faces financial catastrophe, John Oliver discusses why the service is so important, what brought it to this point, and what we can do to help.
Amid Pandemic, Renewables Now Supply More Energy than Coal in the U.S.
Time to tackle multiple questions about how the pandemic sets the stage for our energy future: the complex story of wind, solar, hydro, nuclear
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