Joel Toner: You know my favorite story of the year was the one by Dax: ‘Letter to my White male friends.’ It was educational, for me. He has a great voice and presents his ideas clearly, honestly, without derision. And just makes it more accepting to read it and absorb the information.
NPQ Staff Picks: Steve Dubb, Cassandra Heliczer and Danielle Coates-Connor
Steve Dubb: Emily Kawano’s ‘Imaginal Cells’ piece. Danielle Coates-Connor: I was ‘Imaginal Cells’ too. I, I just absolutely loved that. I liked the literary opening of that where it went off into the metaphor. It just pulled me right in. Cassandra Heliczer: Well, I add on with the ‘Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy.’ I
NPQ Staff Picks: Cassandra Heliczer
Cassandra Heliczer: I continue to be very very impressed with ‘How to be an Anti-Racist Supervisor,’ and the reason that one has stayed with me so much, is that I think work justice is going to be a very very big thing. I was very surprised by what Kim-Monique Johnson, what she actually said in
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Recent worker militancy is predicted to wane when the tight labor market eases, but new understandings by workers of their collective power suggest otherwise.
Universities and Cities: Why We Must End the Nonprofit Path to Wealth Hoarding
Universities have benefitted greatly from their nonprofit tax exemption. But to be agents of equity, rather than gentrification, community accountability is required.
“Dirty Work”: Uncovering the Mechanisms of Concealment in the World of Work
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2021 by the Numbers
Imagining Relational Infrastructures
How can culture support building relational infrastructures like transportation switches, community land trusts, and public kitchens? It takes a network of pilot projects to deliver on alternative infrastructure imaginaries.