Global Left Midweek – Views From Left Parties
Portside
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“No Equal Justice”: The Legacy of Civil Rights Icon George W. Crockett
National Lawyers Guild
George W. Crockett was a pioneering labor lawyer, defender of Communists and other left wingers, a progressive judge, and a member of Congress from Detroit. Reviewer Gespass reviews a new biography of this towering figure.
MLB Pays $185M To Settle Minor Leaguers’ Minimum Wage Lawsuit
ESPN
Major League Baseball has paid $185 million to settle a lawsuit by minor leaguers.
50 Years Older and Deeper in Debt
Rethinking Schools
The Shaky Foundations of U.S. School Funding
Top Medical Journals Publish Unprecedented Joint Call for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
Common Dreams
"The nuclear-armed states must eliminate their nuclear arsenals before they eliminate us."
The 45 Pages That Skewer Trump’s Bid To Destroy American Democracy
The Guardian
Two and half years in the making, special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment presents a devastating case laced with telling detail
‘A Second Prison’: People Face Hidden Dead Ends When They Pursue a Range of Careers Post-Incarceration
The Hechinger Report
Nearly 14,000 laws and regulations restrict people who have been convicted or even just arrested from getting professional licenses
Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 1, 2023
Portside
Summer of our discontent
Documentary Filmmakers Don’t Have the Option To Strike for a Better System
IndieWire
Documentary filmmakers sensitive to the unions aren’t quite sure how to navigate the delicate subject of continuing to work without dissing the unions in the process. “There’s no clear message for how the nonfiction space can be supportive."
50 Years Older and Deeper in Debt
Rethinking Schools
The Shaky Foundations of U.S. School Funding
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