Our social safety net is designed to fail. Our government isn't working for the people. Bold steps are necessary to end this system of oppression, "that replaces our racial and gender caste system with a just and equitable one." READ MORE in this piece by SLU Professors Deepak Bhargava and Mimi Abramovitz and Tammy Thomas … Continue Reading ››
Tag Archives: racial justice
In Two Seconds: Tamir Rice 2002-2014
by Mark Doty the boy’s face climbed back down the twelve-year tunnel of its becoming, a charcoal sunflower swallowing itself. Who has eyes to see, or ears to hear? If you could see what happens fastest, unmaking the human irreplaceable, a star falling into complete gravitational darkness from all points of itself, all this: the held loved body into which entered milk and music, honeying the … Continue Reading ››
New Publications from SLU Faculty and Staff
Stephanie Luce has two new articles out: one in LaborNotes on workers and housing, and another in Portside on how unions are organizing for racial justice.
Gladys Palma de Shrynemakers is co-hosting Next Gen Assessment: A Series for Educators Transitioning Online for the American Association of Colleges and Universities … Continue Reading ››
New Labor Forum Highlights: July 2020
The New Labor Forum has a monthly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below. Well in advance of the fall 2020 issue of New Labor Forum , we are releasing … Continue Reading ››
Getting Involved In the Movement for Social Justice
If you are looking for ways to develop or deepen your involvement in racial justice, below you'll find a collection of resources to help get you started, whether it be by donating, marching, signing a petition or writing your local and federal elected officials.
Articles and Resources
News Round-up
A quick round-up at the end of a short week. Stay warm out there, folks!
- Major west coast ports partially shut-down this week thanks to a 9-month contract dispute between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and port ownership, Pacific Maritime Association, over the issue of overtime. If a resolution isn’t reached, we could be … Continue Reading ››