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OnlyFans ‘explicit’ content ban conceals the fact: Sex work is work

August 20, 2021 By Andrew Wright

The argument the company is now making seems to pit so-called content creators and artists against sex workers by suggesting sex workers never belonged in the first place.

History as upheaval and progress enters stage with novelist Walter Scott

August 13, 2021 By Jenny Farrell

Born 250 years ago, Walter Scott showed another kind of historical novel is possible from the ones we see today.

Election Day 2020 should have mimicked 1932. What went wrong?

August 13, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

While a broad coalition beat back GOP control in several branches of government last year, progressive majorities don’t match the ones we had in 1932.

Australia sends military to quarantine working-class communities, leaves wealthy areas untouched

August 13, 2021 By The Guardian, The Workers’ Weekly

In working-class areas and communities of color, authorities are using military might to look like they're controlling the pandemic. Meanwhile, rich neighborhoods with COVID cases go unpoliced.

Chicagoland auto mechanics strike, say dealers’ proposal is ‘license to steal’

August 6, 2021 By Roberta Wood

831 Chicago area mechanics left their toolboxes locked this week and are now wielding picket signs instead of wrenches.