The Roberts Court and the Dred Scott Tradition

Van Gosse History News Network
The Dred Scott decision had little grounding in American legal doctrine and the English common law upon which American jurists relied. Neither does the Trump challenge to birthright citizenship.

The Seeds of Today’s Fascist Threat Lie in Our Own Past

Whitney Curry Wimbish The American Prospect
The seeds of an authoritarian state will still be there unless the United States reckons with its own fascist past and how that relates to Stephen Miller’s vision for the future.

On Organized Labor’s AntiBlack Mythology

Julian Rose Scalawag
Photo of a man behind bars with his face crossed out with magic marker.
An interrogation of organized labor’s lily white and non-southern based ideal of who and what constitutes “American Labor’s” past and present

Names and Housetops

Esther Kamkar
Poet Esther Kamkar meditates on an exhibit of quilts made by enslaved women.

Delaney Hall ICE Detainees Take Aim at GEO Group’s Bottom Line

Whitney Curry Wimbish The American Prospect
Immigrants held at GEO Group’s Delaney Hall in Newark are on a labor and hunger strike, refusing to perform jobs that keep the place running. Daily demonstrations take place by families and supporters, at the private prison, financed by Citizens Bank

Pope Leo’s Vital Message About Work in the Age of AI

Timothy Noah The New Republic
In his new encyclical, Pope Leo XIV revives the importance of the dignity of labor. So leave it to the pope to enliven our conversation about artificial intelligence by reviving the idea that work is intrinsic to human dignity.