5LL #83 - Bros, Debt Strikes, Justice Democrats, Sports, Haiti

I Hated Bernie Bros Until I Loved and Lost One
Kate Willett, Elle
About 45,000 people in the US die every year from not having health insurance. My boyfriend was one of them.
5 Young People On Why They're Refusing to Pay Their Student Loans
Lauren Young, Teen Vogue
“If I wanted to pay my student debt, I can't pay for health care.”
The Realigners: An Interview with Waleed Shahid of Justice Democrats
Joshua Leifer, Dissent
Social movements are winning in the arena of public opinion. Now they need champions in places of power who can fight for their demands.
Sports and the Right
Lorenzo Bradford, Current Affairs
Examining the right-wing political assumptions that underpin our supposedly “apolitical” sports culture.
The Slave Revolution That Gave Birth to Haiti
Rocky Cotard and Laurent Dubois, The Nib
It was the only successful slave revolution in history.
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