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Don’t Overlook Coretta Scott King

Matthew Delmont Jacobin
Coretta Scott King condemned the brutality of the Vietnam War and criticized how it drained money from housing, health care, and jobs.

The Fed Is Quietly Bailing Out Wall Street

Luke Goldstein, Freddy Brewster Jacobin
The Federal Reserve has quietly delivered nearly half a trillion dollars to Wall Street with few strings attached over the past few months. These cash infusions could signal instability in the broader financial sector.

Why MLK is Relevant to Today's Food Industry

Errol Schweizer The Bittman Project
MLK’s economic philosophy is relevant today, where up to 75% of grocery employees are food insecure, where seven of the ten lowest paying jobs are in the food industry, where farmworkers are mostly excluded from basic labor protections.

How Did MLK Jr. Become a Socialist?

Eric Blanc Labor Politics
A forgotten network of radicals helped teach King how to organize—and how to link civil rights to economic redistribution for all.