5LL #245 - Atlanta, Mental Illness, Writers, Class, Time

This is the Atlanta Way: A Primer on Cop City
Micah Herskind, Scalawag
The struggle to Stop Cop City is a battle for the future of Atlanta.
Crazy in Love
Hannah Black, The New Inquiry
Caring for someone with a mental illness forces you beyond all conventional measures of worth or meaning.
Writers Like Me Have Shut Down Hollywood. Here’s Why.
Josh Gondelman, The Nation
The Writers Guild of America is on strike because Hollywood bosses have treated our demands for fair and sustainable working conditions with contempt.
Interview: Gabriel Winant
Amelia Horgan and Gabriel Winant, Common Wealth
Common Wealth’s Amelia Horgan spoke to historian Gabriel Winant about class in the twenty-first century.
Feel Good Lyric
Wendy Trevino, Protean
It takes time to do things for free that other people don’t get paid enough to do.
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Connect with the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee
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