For cultural architect Damon Turner, the COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity for people to creatively rethink the old rules of engagement, both in art and the rest of society, and refocus on what heals us. Damon is the CEO and founder of Trap Heals and a multi-hyphenate artist. His most
The crisis Los Angeles is facing as we confront COVID-19 does not take place in a vacuum. It is a public health crisis that converges with many decisions we have made as a county thus far. Decades of investing in policing and punishment have put our health at greater risk.
by Autumn Breon Williams and Patrisse Cullors Art is not immune to the effects of plagues. The bubonic plague of the 14th century transformed how people perceived and interpreted death artistically. While before the plague, artistic depictions of death envisioned it as a transition from earthly life to a sought
On Thursday, community activists and organizers in the San Francisco Bay Area unveiled a list of demands to assist the Black community in Oakland, California, during the coronavirus pandemic. The coronavirus has been particularly deadly for Black and brown communities across the U.S., prompting a call-to-action by organizers who
The coronavirus has been particularly deadly for low-income people of color, especially Latinx people and immigrant communities—the same communities that account for a significant portion of the workforce at meat processing plants nationwide.
Responding to the proposed reopening of several southern states including Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Florida, a group of Black civil rights, labor, and health leaders called on governors to take several critical steps to safely reopen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizational representatives from the Black Voters Matter
The National Labor Relations Board temporarily suspended union elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the suspension is now lifted, and union organizing moving forward could look drastically different.
Several leaders from the Congressional Progressive Caucus and national progressive organizations have joined to launch the #PutPeopleFirst campaign in an effort to get key priorities included in the next coronavirus relief package. The #PutPeopleFirst campaign aims to cover all people in this country impacted by the current COVID-19 pandemic regardless
This was supposed to be a story about the Trans Agenda for Liberation, an unprecedented and historical community-led guide developed over years of gatherings and conversations among trans leaders, comprised of Black and brown trans women, people who are incarcerated, disabled trans people, people living with HIV, elders, youth, low-income
Jose Ramirez, the executive director of San Francisco’s St. Anthony Foundation, didn’t expect to be dealing with a global pandemic in his ninth month on the job. The foundation, which has worked to serve the city’s homeless and impoverished population for 70 years, is currently juggling maintaining
This Saturday morning marked the twelfth meal that Stevie Wilson had skipped. It was his fifth day in the “hole” at the maximum security State Correctional Institution at Fayette, located in a rural county about an hour southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Described by Wilson as “a prison inside of a
UPDATE 5/13/20: Since this article was originally published, several major tech companies have announced new work-from-home policies. Facebook said it will permit teleworking for most workers through the end of 2020. Twitter also recently announced that it would permanently allow its employees to telework. The novel coronavirus pandemic
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