5LL #146 - George Floyd, George W. Bush, Skills, Black Panthers, Colonialism

A World Where George Floyd and Ma'Khia Bryant Would Still Be Here Is a World Without Police
Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie, NewsOne
The state will gladly sacrifice a few officers in unique and spectacular cases to preserve the status quo while enabling policymakers to peddle the idea that justice has been done.
George W. Bush Can't Paint His Way Out of Hell
Sarah Jones, New York Magazine
The chilling spectacle of watching the political class redeem a criminal, again.
Low-Skill Workers Aren't a Problem to Be Fixed
Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic
The label “low-skill” flattens workers to a single attribute, ignoring the capacities they have and devaluing the jobs they do.
The Black Panther Party Has Never Been More Popular. But Actual Black Panthers Have Been Forgotten.
Santi Elijah Holley, The New Republic
While the Panthers have become a staple of pop culture, veteran members of the group remain invisible.
The Fruit of Power
James Wham, The Baffler
Raoul Peck unspools Western history in a new documentary on colonialism and genocide.
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