1 August 2020
TOP STORIES
“We Are On the Cusp of Something Great”: A Black Liberation Organizer on Next Steps for the Movement
"The demand to defund the police and fund the people has real traction. It’s not a new demand, but it has become a unified rallying cry."
BY NIKITA MITCHELL
If “Cancel Culture” Is About Getting Fired, Let’s Cancel At-Will Employment
You know what should be canceled? The legal right of bosses to fire you without just cause.
BY MOSHE Z. MARVIT AND SHAUN RICHMAN
Chicago Is Spending $1.6 Billion on 13,000 Police. Is It Worth It?
With shootings on the rise and Trump sending federal agents to the city, community organizers and criminologists point to a police hiring spree from just four years ago to show that more cops aren’t the answer.
BY CARLOS BALLESTEROS
After Travon Brown found a cross burning in his backyard, he organized a Black Lives Matter march in the rural town of Marion, Va., where hundreds of angry counter-protestors were ready and waiting.
BY MASON ADAMS
“The Goal Is to Abolish the Police”: A Conversation with Assata’s Daughters
Young organizers on ‘planting the seeds’ of a better world.
BY SELAH AMOAKU, DESTINY BELL AND THEO CUNNINGHAM
WORKING IN THESE TIMES
Child Care Workers Are Now a Mighty Force With a Huge New Union. It Only Took 17 Years.
Child care workers just won the largest American union election in years.
BY HAMILTON NOLAN
RURAL AMERICA IN THESE TIMES
Between Dwindling Revenue and Rising Virus Cases, Rural Hospitals Face a Reckoning
As coronavirus cases surge, some rural hospitals are battling outbreaks, while others are going broke.
BY APRIL SIMPSON
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