Caleb Smith
@smithcal.bsky.social
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Professor, PhD, historian, writing about the neoliberal shift of Black politics in Chicago from 1929 to 1994, race, class, and 20th century U.S. political history. socialist. feminist. writer. geek. punk. he\him\his
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That “working class” is a transparently race and gender coded term tells you who pundits view as low and middle income workers and what type of work they believe “counts” among this group.
Reality: the working class is predominantly White women and racial minorities in the low wage service sector.
Reality: the working class is predominantly White women and racial minorities in the low wage service sector.
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Lamont Mealy, a mentally ill man, was locked in solitary confinement in a Maryland prison. Guards shut off water to his cell. A fellow prisoner says guards taunted him. He died of dehydration after 8 days. His family's lawsuit asserts officials covered it up.
How a Maryland prisoner died an ‘excruciating’ death from dehydration
Lamont Mealy died of dehydration in an isolation cell at Western Correctional Institution in 2023. A lawsuit claims state officials covered it up.
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Just 17 days before the election where the GOP is trying to end Dems’ majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Alex Burness wrote the best thing you’ll read about the race. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
Alex Burness wrote the best thing you’ll read about the race. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts
The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.
boltsmag.org
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Tressie, Is this all because 35% of the market is tied up in this BULLSHIT so we’re all being forced to integrate it everywhere? or is there an authentic belief that this is the right way forward? It’s so obviously the Worst Idea Ever.
here's cory booker @booker.senate.gov absolutely crapping the bed when given mild and correct criticism over his votes for trump nominees while claiming to be a leader of the opposition against fascism. kudos to the @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social podcast
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