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LGM Film Club, Part 143: Black Rodeo

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Last night, I watched the 1972 documentary by Jeff Kanew, Black Rodeo. It follows the hosting of a Black rodeo in Harlem. I was sold immediately. Rodeo! Race! Cities! Weirdness! It probably would have been a little boring (there's only so many parents who can say...
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Reverse passing

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Reading Scott's post about J.D. Vance's transparently faux working class angst as he navigates the Masters of the Universe social scene reminded me of this fascinating article published a couple of days ago in the Atlantic. It's about people who fake coming from marginalized or traumatic...

Wage Myths

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Jake Rosenfeld has a useful list of myths told about wages and other forms of compensation that serve to undermine workers ability to fight for more. The vast majority of.

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Raise Those Taxes!

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Glad to hear this: President Joe Biden is planning the first major federal tax hike since 1993 to help pay for the long-term economic program designed as a follow-up to his pandemic-relief bill, according to people familiar with the matter.Unlike the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus act, the...

The New Left

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With Aaron Sorkin's uneven but entertaining The Trial of the Chicago 7 getting multiple Oscar nominations, Louis Menand has a good essay about the New Left and its major figures:.

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