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Philadelphia Museum of Art and Union Agree to Three-Year Contract After 19-Day Strike

Harrison Jacobs ARTnews
The new deal at the Philadelphia Museum of Art union leaders told the Inquirer, included retroactive salary increases to July and 14 percent raises over the next three years. The minimum hourly wage for museum workers is set to increase from $15 to $16.75. Workers will also receive lowered costs for health care and four weeks of paid parental leave.

Vectors of Inflation

Radhika Desai New Left Review
The real culprit here is the diminution of US productive capacity and supply chain disruption caused by four decades of neoliberal policies – disinvestment, deregulation, outsourcing - which have prevented supply-side measures to bring prices down.

This Is How To Put the Supreme Court in Its Place

Jamelle Bouie The New York Times
There is no consensus for Court reform and there are not the votes for it in Congress. But circumstances do change, often unexpectedly. Should progressives gain the opportunity to make structural changes to the Supreme Court, they should take it.

The Racial Volcano Explodes in Los Angeles

Bill Gallegos, Bill Fletcher Jr. The Nation
The current crisis has unleashed unleashed a firestorm of protest that could further divide the city’s communities. But it is also a chance to forge real unity in opposition to the city’s long-standing power brokers.
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