Joel Wendland-Liu
LATEST ARTICLES BY Joel Wendland-Liu
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Michigan people to mobilize for March on Washington June 18th in D.C.
May 23, 2022From Michigan alone, hundreds will attend the Poor People’s Campaign Moral March on Washington
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‘The Future We Need’: A new book by Erica Smiley and Sarita Gupta
May 5, 2022With the union organizing wave sweeping the country, topics like class struggle and labor militancy are back on people's minds.
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‘Ballad of an American’: Composer Earl Robinson and working-class culture
April 27, 2022Best known for composing the music for songs like “The House I Live In,” “Joe Hill,” and “Black and White,” Earl Robinson’s music became a critical part of U.S. working-class culture in the 20th century.
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Cops don’t need more training
March 4, 2022A report published this week by the Chicago Office of the Inspector General reveals that police in that city disproportionately target Black people and subject them to force.
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On becoming police and prison abolitionists: But what about the murderers?
February 25, 2022While a reader may find certain aspects of her argument worthy of debate, the fundamental value of Purnell’s book and intellectual approach is one of openness.
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New book explores fear of Black consciousness—and who fears it
February 18, 2022Fear of Black Consciousness deserves to be carefully studied.
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America’s racist prison society produces profits but not safety
February 17, 2022The mass incarceration society isn’t working. Nearly 7 million people are locked up in the U.S., yet crime carries on.
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‘They are really killing me in here’—Michigan women’s prison under scrutiny
February 10, 2022The Huron Valley Women’s Correctional Facility has been described as a “special hell” with a culture of “rape punishment” against inmates.
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