Shadow of Segregation Looms
The Hill
On the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board
History of Co-Op City
New Left Review
A Bronx Tale
Alabama Mercedes Workers Lose First Union Election
Labor Notes
Workers Vow to Fight On
Inside the Student Movement That Forced Ireland’s Trinity College To Divest From Israel
Waging Nonviolence
As news of crackdowns on U.S. campus protests spread, students in Ireland drew inspiration and planned a strategic path to victory.
Safe Space
Radical Teacher
New Jersey teacher and poet, Carol Smith explains the hazards of racist content, subtle, accidental, sometimes deliberate.
Inside the Effort by Two Beverly Hills Billionaires To Kill a State Law Protecting Farmworkers
Los Angeles Times
If it succeeds, California’s legal protections for farmworkers could be rolled back to conditions that prevailed before César Chavez’s campaigns for farm unionization in the 1960s.
In the 1960s and the 2020s, Antiwar Movements Change the Landscape
Convergence
Difficult as the road to forcing the US out of Vietnam was, the path to winning Palestinian self-determination and equal rights for all in Israel-Palestine appears even more challenging.
Scientists Calculated the Energy Needed To Carry a Baby. Shocker: It’s a Lot.
The New York Times
The energetic cost of a human pregnancy is about 50,000 dietary calories — far higher than previously believed, a new study found.
The Progressive Agenda That Appeals To Swing State Voters
Data for Progress
Many policies championed by progressive groups are not only popular with the Democratic base, but also among Independents and swing state voters. Policies that expand access to child care and elder care are supported by a majority of Republicans.
The Insurrectionists in Our Midst
Talking Points Memo
Featured insurrectionists this week: Samuel Alito ... Matt Gaetz ... Greg Abbott.
Spread the word