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Maybe We Need a New Word for “Inequality”

David Moscrop Jacobin
America’s richest earn in hours what ordinary workers earn over lifetimes. As Donald Trump’s tax bill seeks to make the plunder of the filthy rich permanent, “inequality” no longer feels like a strong enough word for what we’re facing.

“The Wolves Came”

Richard Steigmann-Gall The Society for U.S. Intellectual History USIH Blog
Reviewer Steigmann-Gall considers what took so long for so many, including some left wing public intellectuals, to publicly acknowledge that Trumpism is fascism.

Nurses at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Announce Intent To Unionize

Kiley Koscinski 90.5 WESA
“When we’re regularly struggling with what we feel are inadequate staffing levels, it is difficult to care for our patients to the degree we believe they deserve,” said nurse Gianna Pomponi, who works in the adult intensive care unit.