October 12, 2023
Cover Story
Editorial Board
Predatory capitalism suggest that employers must extract surplus value from workers. That means that, despite rising worker productivity, employers would attempt to pay as little as they can.
The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009. Several states have a higher minimum, but a predictable few, including Mississippi, Tennessee,…
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Commentary
This mural, titled Reaching Out, is the result of a collaboration between painter Gabe Tiberino and graffiti artist DISTORT. They completed significant engagement with Kensington community members, reflecting on what’s needed for community recovery, which informed their mural design. Reaching Out represents the promise of a hopeful future, created only when we reach out for…
This mural, titled Reaching Out, is the result of a collaboration between painter Gabe Tiberino and graffiti artist DISTORT. They completed significant engagement with Kensington community…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
It is not enough to declare what we abhor. The question is, what do we wish to uphold, and who do we hope to uplift?
Indigenous Peoples’ Day is gradually replacing Columbus Day, and we as a culture are here for it. In fact, we have been for quite some time.…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Giving K-12 students the language, information, and tools they need to protect themselves from workplace exploitation is a critical tool to reversing the nation’s capitalism-fueled inequality.
American society is steeped in narratives about economic prosperity shaped by capitalist ideas of individualism and a corporate culture of exploitation. Children are exposed to such…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
more than a decade after the election of the nation’s first Black president notwithstanding, race is still the unruly, rambunctious elephant running wildly through the room.
More than a century ago, in 1900, Black intellectual extraordinaire of his day, W.E.B. Du Bois, stated that the problem of the 20th century would be…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
it’s a disgraceful story of hypocrisy and racism at the heart of academia.
Conflicting thoughts can be true at the same time: the University of Colorado’s gridiron gladiators can be “Black America’s” team, even as their games are broadcast…
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