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June 19, 2020
The current industry-wide revolt echoes demands made by members of the Black press since at least 1827, but today’s rebellion feels like a breaking point.
By Char Adams
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TNR Podcasts: The Political Power of ProtestsEpisode 10 of The Politics of Everything Podcast 

Hosted by By Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene 
America Owes More to Its “Essential” Immigrant WorkersThe moral case for legal status is straightforward. The path there is snaking and dotted with pitfalls.
By Felipe De La Hoz
Turn Rikers Island Into a Solar FarmA prison built on trash heaps and racism could become a job-providing source of clean energy for some of the most polluted boroughs of New York City.

By Kate Aronoff
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In Miss Juneteenth, a Mother’s Dream DeferredA debut film from Channing Godfrey Peoples set in Forth Worth, Texas, tenderly explores themes of beauty, family, and inequality.
By Josephine Livingstone
The Government Can Afford Anything it WantsThe idea that programs must be funded by tax dollars is a myth. Stephanie Kelton’s new book explains how money really works.
By Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
Your Road Trip Is Not More Important Than Indian CountryAmericans are itching to get out of the house while Native communities remain under quarantine.
By Nick Martin
Lessons From the Long Movement to Defund the MilitaryWhat “Defund the Police” can learn from the six-decade effort to radically demilitarize U.S. foreign policy
By Michael Brenes and Tim Keogh
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