(Vox) Why do many working-class white Americans support politicians whose policies are literally killing them? This is the question sociologist and psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl tries to answer in his new book, Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland. The book is a serious look at how cultural attitudes associatedContinueContinue reading “This Week in White Supremacy #121: How the politics of racial resentment is killing white people”
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Releasing More People from Prison Will Make All of Us Safer, Not Less So
Eleven years after a federal court found that overcrowding in California’s prisons was unconstitutional, conditions have not improved much. Social distancing is impossible. By Yoana Tchoukleva and Louis Scott California’s prisons are overcrowded, unhygienic and inhumane. Public health experts have warned that an outbreak of COVID-19 in any one of them will become “a source of uncontrolledContinueContinue reading “Releasing More People from Prison Will Make All of Us Safer, Not Less So”
This Week in White Supremacy #120: ‘Trump has effectively abolished asylum thanks to COVID-19’
Bill Ong Hing, Salon: President Trump has taken advantage of the COVID-19 crisis to finally achieve his goal of foreclosing asylum for migrants fleeing violence in Central America and Mexico.” https://bit.ly/2z7URkN THE GOOD NEWS FIRST: Court Orders Every Effort Be Made to Promptly and Safely Release Immigrant Children – National Center for Youth Law https://bit.ly/2XOcmkaSen.ContinueContinue reading “This Week in White Supremacy #120: ‘Trump has effectively abolished asylum thanks to COVID-19’”