racism
After years of racism on the job, seven LA engineers sue
September 13, 2021KKK images, retaliation, lack of promotions were used to target Black workers at Pacific Harbor Lines.
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The state of working America, Labor Day 2021: Unsettled
September 3, 2021Coronavirus continues as a major factor workers are dealing with.
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Repeating racist fears of lawlessness in New Orleans after Ida
September 2, 2021The focus on looting seems both shortsighted and insignificant in the face of risks of illness and death.
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‘Fearing the Black Body’ uses history to dismantle fat phobia, health inequality
September 2, 2021Strings does a fine job of collecting all of this material for the reader to take in, but her voice gets lost in all the facts and data. At times, 'Fearing the Black Body' reads like...
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Black farmers were promised debt relief; white farmer lawsuits stand in way
September 2, 2021The government wants to make amends with Black farmers by providing debt forgiveness. But a judge has put the money on hold in the face of lawsuits filed by white farmers claiming reverse discrimination.
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