Prosecutors can and should take immediate steps to redirect efforts toward wage theft. This would give momentum to movements calling to redirect resources that now go to funding the police.
If Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs the measure that lawmakers passed this week, motorists will no longer lose their licenses for unpaid red-light and speed camera tickets.
Violence has not produced justice anywhere. We must build a nonviolent movement in the 21st century that advances a multi-racial democracy that has never before existed in the United States.
As we rebuild, we must remember that recovery is impossible without equity. Therefore racial justice is a key component of our agenda. And we need to rebuild the safety net for everyone who lives and works here. That means economic security for all.
We can’t get rid of policing as we know it if we continue to value one person’s time and labor over another’s, which is a requirement of racialized capitalism.
Reviewers have couched their discussion of The Good Lord Bird by pointing out its portrayal of history against the backdrop of ongoing protests about persistent racism.
Not much is changing. We all still getting prejudged. We’re still getting pulled over. Not much has changed at all. We’re still getting violated. It ain’t got no rights. It’s definitely ain’t equal. If you want change, you have to involve yourself
Mary Green Swig, Steven L. Swig, David A. Bergeron and Richard "RJ" Eskow
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It is time to recognize that the cruel experiment in financing higher education through student loans has failed. Inescapable debt is a major driver of social collapse. It has made the racial wealth gap worse and weakened the entire economy...
The present is explosive because of the fusion of crises. In this situation, organized labor has been inconsistent; sometimes paralyzed; other moments outspoken. Left unaddressed is the "cold civil war," created by political polarization.
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