It can sometimes be hard to keep up with all the great stuff coming out daily at the Prospect, so we just want to make sure you didn’t miss any of these amazing pieces—be sure to bookmark some of these for a weekend longread:
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 - 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 - 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
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