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The Blockade Against Cuba Turned 60

Rosa Miriam Elizalde Independent Media Institute
It’s easy to say, but it’s been six very hard decades that began with disconcerting lightness and the belief that the United States government’s blockade of Cuba would not last long – a couple of years, maybe.

Teaching in a World No Student Deserves

Belle Chesler TomDispatch
Return to Normal pushed schools to a crisis point. How do you run a school without enough staff? Zoom-learning was soul-crushingly devoid of laughter and energy of a traditional classroom and could never serve as a replacement for hands-on learning.

The Big Quit

Alice Herman Progressive Magazine
A national labor phenomenon known as “The Great Resignation,” or “The Big Quit,” began to take hold in January 2021 and has since grown. Millions have left their jobs.

The Crooked Path to Abolition

Robert S. Davis New York Journal of Books
This book shows how the country's anti-slavery sentiment based its views an abolitionist reading of the Constitution, and how that understanding influenced Lincoln's thinking.

In the 1770s, First Smallpox Vaccinator was Abused, Not Thanked

Rod Tanchanco Hollywood Progressive
When rumors of Jesty’s “bold experiment” spread, the reaction was brutal. The upstanding farmer became the target of vicious attacks from neighbors who were appalled that he had experimented on his own family.

After Amir Locke Killing, Is Police Reform Even the Solution?

Ernest Owens Rolling Stone
The definition of insanity is repeating the same act and expecting a different result. Right now, continuing the failed efforts to “fix” policing in America feels insane, what’s needed is radical and systemic change