5LL #135 - Prosecutors, Landback, Prop 22, Caste, Call of Duty

What the Pandemic Revealed About 'Progressive' Prosecutors
Malik Neal, The New York Times
At a time when radical change is needed most, too many have not been the heroes some hoped they would be.
Returning the Land
Claire Elise Thompson, Grist
Indigenous leaders on the growing 'landback' movement and their fight for climate justice.
Liberals Are Choosing Convenience Over Workers
Luke Savage, The Atlantic
The Prop 22 episode reveals the tectonic shift undergone by American liberalism—and the Democratic Party—since the 1980s.
Caste Does Not Explain Race
Charisse Burden-Stelly, Boston Review
The celebration of Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste reflects the continued priority of elite preferences over the needs and struggles of ordinary people.
First-Person Shooter Ideology
Daniel Bessner, The Drift
Where the original Call of Duty was all rah-rah patriotism, the latest entry in the series evinces how cynical the franchise — and, by extension, American politics — has become.
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