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Forget Biden’s Bust of Cesar Chavez: Hunts Point Strike Is the Bold Labor Action the Country Needs
Essential workers, ravaged by the pandemic as their bosses raked in millions, organized from the bottom up and won concessions.
Natasha Lennard
Natasha Lennard is a columnist for The Intercept. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Bookforum, and the New York Times, among others. She is the associate director of the Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism graduate program at the New School for Social Research in New York. She is the author of “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life.”
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To See Police Priorities, Contrast Capitol Mob With J20 and Black Lives Matter Protests
Hundreds were arrested on single days during Trump’s inauguration and this summer’s uprising — and just 52 were at the Capitol.
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Far-Right Violence Is Going to Be a Threat With or Without Trump’s Calls to Action
The far right is focused on “Stop the Steal” nonsense, but violence driven by white supremacy won’t disappear even if Trump does.
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Amazon Workers Are Organizing a Global Struggle
Amazon is seeing record profits — but little trickles down to the ground-level workers who keep the online giant running.
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Beyond Breonna: Louisville Police Make the Case for Abolition
The idea of defunding the police is roiling Democratic Party politics — but it’s not about that. It’s about the horrors of policing.
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Oregon’s Decriminalization Vote Might Be Biggest Step Yet to Ending War on Drugs
Oregon voters’ drug decriminalization applies an anti-carceral logic to more than just weed.
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The President's War on Dissent Is Using Trumped-Up Federal Charges
From J20 to Black Lives Matter, the Trump administration is using inflated federal charges to expand repression of dissent.
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Welcome to the "Anarchist Jurisdiction" of New York — Where Cops Crush Every Tiny Protest
Bill Barr’s designation of Seattle, Portland, and New York is a cynical Trump reelection ploy — with potentially dangerous consequences.
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The Long, Disgraceful History of American Attacks on Brown and Black Women's Reproductive Systems
Alleged medical abuses on immigrant women’s reproductive systems are as American as apple pie.
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Bill Barr Says Insulting a Rape Accuser Was Part of Trump's Official Duties
The Justice Department is trying to squash E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case, which stemmed from her sexual assault allegation.