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Under Biden, We’ll Still Need To Protect Social Security

Sasha Abramsky Truthout
Biden giving a speech
Biden has gone on record to suggest that he would be open to changes in Social Security which might result in lower payments for some. Biden has also considered increasing the age of retirement as a way to keep the Social Security system solvent.

The Historic Problem With Hoppin' John

Robert Moss Serious Eats
Though clearly African in origin, its inclusion in cookbooks like the Sarah Rutledge's Carolina Housewife indicates that even before the Civil War the dish was being eaten by black and white residents of all classes in the Lowcountry.

BAmazon Union: Anticipating the Battle in Bessemer, Alabama

Peter Olney and Rand Wilson Labor Notes
Ultimately the effort will require the dovetailing of internal worker organization at multiple facilities—like what Amazonians United is doing—with the power and resources of one or several national unions, like RWDSU or the Teamsters, for instance.

Putting a Nightmare Behind Us - What Next

Portside
Where do we go when we succeed in putting a nightmare -- two nightmares -- behind us? Toward something. We must advance toward a truly multiracial, inclusive, radical democracy or we will have no democracy at all. Portside's annual fund appeal.