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Winning Time ‘The Swan’ A Review

Lee Escobedo Deadspin
In 1979, a change was coming. A change in how the NBA was seen. How black stars were celebrated. And how America’s race problem would be televised under the bright lights of the NBA.

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Social Class in the 21st Century

Lynsey Hanley The Guardian
Discussions taking place in liberal political circles in this country increasingly define class according to education level. Here, from the United Kingdom, is a different and perhaps more complex approach to this issue.

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On a Day of Remembrance

Jed Myers Rattle
Washington state poet Jed Myers warns we may be hard-wired to fear and hate, but must remember the consequences for humanity.

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1955 (12 Miles from Ground Zero)

Lee Rossi
With the crisis in Ukraine, old nuclear fears rise to the surface as California poet Lee Rossi recalls the year 1955.

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Free Anna Delvey!

Liza Featherstone Jacobin
No one deserves riches, and yet we all do. This moral puzzle is key to our love for Anna Delvey, the con artist and “fake German heiress” who is the subject of Netflix’s flawed but irresistible series Inventing Anna.

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Grief Over Time - Ten Years Since the Murder of Trayvon Martin

Derecka Purnell New York Magazine
Sybrina Fulton, lost her son Trayvon Martin ten years ago this month, found her painful place in American history. She feels honored when supporters compare her to Till-Mobley. “She’s an icon. She was the example of, you know, a strong Black woman,”

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Race after information-value

Marc Kohlbry Radical Philosophy
This is a wide-ranging work that explores the relationship between the emergence of what's been called "racial capitalism" and the history and development of capitalist uses of information.

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Are Latinos Rewriting the Script?

Saida Pagán  Hollywood Progressive
Latino stories are being told in volumes not seen in recent memory. For those following a decades-long quest for greater opportunities in Hollywood, there are signs that 2022 could be the year the Latino storyline is finally rewritten. 
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