Al Neal
LATEST ARTICLES BY Al Neal
-
Coup by court: Republicans prepare legal challenges that echo 2000 fight
September 22, 2020If the results go against the president, Trump v. Biden could be a re-run of Bush v. Gore, but with a much more right-wing court system.
Read more -
Idaho’s Indigenous Senate candidate Paulette Jordan challenges entrenched Republican power
September 16, 2020Jordan tells young people to never think their vote doesn't count: "That’s what the corporations want you to believe so they can keep this capitalistic system in place.”
Read more -
K.C. Chiefs kickoff NFL 2020, veto Native American headdresses and face paint
September 10, 2020Time may soon be up for another sports team name and mascot.
Read more -
Starting over in fast food: Cathy Sherwin
September 2, 2020“Bosses are bosses wherever you go, and they always have subtle ways of trying to get as much out of you as possible," Cathy says.
Read more -
Pro athletes stage historic strike for Black lives
August 27, 2020The actions drown out the white noise of ignorance, apathy, and prejudice.
Read more -
Kenosha police shoot Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, eight times
August 25, 2020It is another day in Trump’s sycophantic “law and order” view of the United States of America, and another Black American was shot, in a calculated manner, by police.
Read more -
Surviving at the crossroads of economic and racial intersectionality: Monique
August 25, 2020Struggling to live—on the job, in the neighborhood, and at city hall: The life of a worker in the Fight for $15 and a Union.
Read more -
Daily life in the fight for $15 and a union: Bettie Douglas
August 13, 2020Her McDonald's store had been visited by an organizer from Show Me $15 a few times, but everytime an organizer asked her to join, she would always reply: “Not right now; I need this job.”
Read more