5LL #169 - Delivery, Meat, Trauma, Afghanistan, College Football
Revolt of the Delivery Workers
Josh Dzieza, New York Magazine
Exploited by apps. Attacked by thieves. Unprotected by cops. 65,000 strong, with only themselves to count on.
Lab to Table
Kate Aronoff, The New Republic
Can meat grown in a laboratory help save the planet? And if it can, what’s standing in our way?
Traumatic Monologues
Melanie K. Yazzie, The Baffler
On the therapeutic turn in Indigenous politics.
Afghanistan's False Choices
Isaac Blacksin, Viewpoint
Professed shock at the Taliban takeover requires the mystification of both the daily reality of war in Afghanistan and the complicity of the shocked.
The Mind-Blowing Political Potential of a College Football Players Union
Hamilton Nolan, In These Times
A union of college athletes could become one of the strongest progressive institutions in the South.
Split a donation between 70+ community bail funds, mutual aid funds, and racial justice organizers
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