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NYC Lets 800K Non-citizens Vote. Other Cities May Follow.

Sanya Mansoor TIME
This action comes after a year marked by voting restrictions by state legislatures across the nation. “For New York City to do this really draws our attention to these questions: How do we think about democracy? Who’s included? Who’s excluded?"

Student Workers at Columbia End 10-Week Strike After Reaching a Deal

Ashley Wong The New York Times
Student Workers of Columbia - United Auto Workers Local 2110, which represent 3,000 graduate and undergraduate students, gave their tentative blessing on Friday to a new contract that raises their wages and improves their health benefits.

Food and Culture

Ashawnta Jackson JSTOR
Food is complicated. That creation you love from “The Great British Baking Show? It’s been the subject of arguments over culture, identity and copyright.

Origin Stories

Jacqueline Keeler CounterPunch
people protesting with raised fists and signs reading "defend the sacred"
Does the United States have a homeland? Is it truly a nation? Or is it still just a colony that exists to exploit the homelands of other peoples?

Hospitals Are in Serious Trouble

Ed Yong The Atlantic
Omicron is inundating a health-care system that was already buckling under the cumulative toll of every previous surge.