25 July 2020
TOP STORIES
Police Budgets Are Ballooning as Social Programs Crumble
Cities across the country have defied demands from protesters to defund police despite facing huge budget deficits from Covid-19.
BY INDIGO OLIVIER
Philly D.A. Larry Krasner Says He’s Ready to Charge Invading Federal Agents with Crimes
Krasner sees a way out of our “drunken stumble” into fascism.
BY HAMILTON NOLAN
Beware the Anti-Defamation League’s Efforts to Partner with Progressive Orgs
The Anti-Defamation League has a long history of smearing Black activists, working with police, and evoking “hate speech” to demonize the peaceful BDS movement.
BY SARAH LAZARE AND ADAM JOHNSON
We should not confuse public safety with investments in systems of punishment.
BY JOEL BLEIFUSS
Protesting Native Deaths by Police
Amid protests against police violence nationwide, a march was held in remembrance of a Native man who died in police custody while suffering a mental health crisis.
BY ELENA CARTER
No Excuses for a Racist Murderer: W.E.B. DuBois on the Legacy of Robert E. Lee
Historian and civil rights organizer, W.E.B. DuBois, wrote this short essay in 1928.
BY W.E.B. DUBOIS
WORKING IN THESE TIMES
Single Mothers and Their Children Are Taking Over Abandoned Public Buildings
This is the most significant housing take over in the country.
BY MINDY ISSER
RURAL AMERICA IN THESE TIMES
Bayer Engineered a New Corn Seed That’s Resistant to Five Herbicides. But How Long Will It Work?
The product comes at a time when Bayer, which acquired agribusiness giant Monsanto in 2018, and its pesticides are under scrutiny.
BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER
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