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Sing Sing Is a Humanizing Portrait of the Dehumanized

Alex N. Press Jacobin
Prisons serve as giant holding pens for people our society has come to see as subhuman. Sing Sing resists such dehumanization through a tender portrait of the creative capabilities and emotional lives of prison actors.

This Week in People’s History, Aug. 7–13

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Lyrics to the first verse of Next Stop, Vietnam
Next Stop, Vietnam (1964), 80 Years Late, the Mutiny that Never Was (1944), ‘A Lonely Island of Poverty’ (1964), Warplanes Aren’t Cheap (1939), Destruction and Devastation (1779), Little Rock’s Slo-Mo Crisis (1959), A Powerful Union Is Born (1919)

Appeals Court Further Narrows Voting Rights Act’s Scope

Michael Wines and J. David Goodman New York Times
The ruling this week that narrows the scope of the Voting Rights Act applies directly only in the three states covered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, but it has national implications.

Have We Outgrown the CSA Model?

Lauren David Ambrook Research
Many farmers are adopting a “market credit” style model, giving customers the flexibility to choose what they want each week — if anything.
Many farmers are offering alternate direct-to-consumer models for purchasing their produce, adjacent to a CSA but with more flexibility.