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On August 16, Mitchell F. Chan launched a wry and ambitious work that used baseball as a vector through which we might better understand the statistical presumptions of our datafied existence. The incisive socio-political and economic critique wrapped in the trojan horse of gameland’s choose your own adventure makes The Boys of Summer a revelatory experience.
Four writers share how the 2021 book has influenced their organizing and conversations with friends and family.
The Emerging Movement for Police and Prison Abolition Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New Yorker, May 7, 2021 The murder of George Floyd last spring provoked an unprecedented outpouring of protests, and a rare national reckoning with both racism and police violence. Public officials across the country pledged police reform. On April 20th, Derek Chauvin, the officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, was found guilty of murder. {snip} In a certain sense, the trial of Chauvin has been viewed as a piece of a national reform strategy. There is a hope that his conviction will serve a...
Their long friendship meant that they naturally formed the kind of alliance others are seeking more deliberately, as the country again confronts racial strife. They have struck a chord. A photo that Won posted on Facebook in March showing the women wearing T-shirts reading “I will use my breath to speak up for those who can’t breathe” quickly got 11,000 likes. “Sisters in the resistance as we stand in solidarity against bigotry and hate!” she wrote. “We've marched for #BlackLivesMatter and to #StopAsianHate and will continue to #ShowUpForRacialJustice until our last breath. Plea...
Trainings and workshops “Anti-Asian Violence and Black-Asian Solidarity Today,” a Zoom webinar offered by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop featuring a lecture by Tamara K. Nopper. (March 23, 6 p.m. ET) Bystander intervention training to stop anti-Asian/American and xenophobic harassment, hosted by Hollaback! partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC. (Various dates) More AAPI Journalists Therapy Relief Fund, which “will secure AAPI journalists with funding for mental wellness resources needed to process trauma resulting from both their work in the media industry and ...