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Cicely Tyson: A Shining Titan of Black Excellence

- Contributor Cate Young reviews Cicely Tyson's memoir, Just as I Am.
Young asserts that with clarity and frankness, Tyson's story rings
familiarly with many mid-20th-century Black American women: A struggle
with respectability, to be appreciated for their intellectual
contributions and humanity, and to inspire others like them to envision
something greater for themselves.

How Labor Saved a Paper Mill From the Scrap Heap

- Executive Editor David Dayen interviews Wisconsin county official and
U.S. Senate candidate Tom Nelson, who has written a book about
revitalizing manufacturing in a small town.

VIDEO: Watch the 2021 Hillman Prize Awards Ceremony
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See Executive Editor David Dayen accept his award for web journalism,
speak with Katrina vandenHeuvel, and Editor-at-Large Harold Meyerson
chat with book journalism winners Rick Perlstein and Zach Carter.

The Sackler Family's Bankruptcy Scheme
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Contributor Libby Lewis explores how, even with billions to spare, the
Sacklers went to a bankruptcy judge to let them off the hook for
personal liability in the OxyContin scandal, and how the current Chapter
11 system essentially lends itself to abuse.

Helping the Powerless Build Power

- (part of our Alt-Labor Chronicles
series)
Writing Fellow Brittany Gibson and Editorial Intern Jarod Facundo with
the oral histories of five activists who've worked in and for worker
centers: Victor Narro, a key figure in the organization of day laborers
in LA; Saru Jayraman, founder of the Restaurant Opportunities Center and
the One Fair Wage campaign; Tanya Wallace-Gobern, executive director of
the National Black Workers Center; Eddie Acosta, the AFL-CIO's first
coordinator of the Federation's work with worker centers; Neidi
Dominguez founded Unemployed Workers United during the COVID pandemic.

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