Disenfranchised by Debt
Court fines, fees, and restitution payments fund government operations—and hold millions of people in dire financial straits.
Fall 2020
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Acceptance Without Rancor: A Father-Son Conversation About Black Lives Matter 
As millions rise up against police violence, a white father and his Black son discuss racism, resistance, and empathy.
“What’s Actually Going on in Our Nursing Homes”: An Interview with Shantonia Jackson
The structural conditions shaping care work are highly exploitative—and are profoundly linked to the high degree of COVID-19’s spread within both long-term care facilities and the communities that supply their labor force.
Know Your Enemy: Not Even Past, with Jamelle Bouie
Matt and Sam are joined by New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie for a wide-ranging discussion of how conservatives (and liberals and leftists) use American history to make political claims in the present.
Belabored Podcast #205: Wildcat Sports Strike Wave, with Dave Zirin
The athletic strikes may have been short-lived, but they made a huge impact, disrupting the pretense of normalcy that sports entertainment normally helps viewers create.
A Reply to Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and Liam Kofi Bright
We have many battles, not one, not even one at a time; they are not necessarily connected, and it is important for reasons of tactics and strategy to recognize the differences among them.
A Response to Michael Walzer
The point of theorizing about racial capitalism is to focus our attention on the broader forms of organization that are constitutive of social life under capitalism, beyond how it organizes work and production.
A Note on Racial Capitalism
Capitalism and racism overlap sometimes, as they do today in the United States. But the overlap is circumstantial, not necessary.
Belabored Podcast #202: The Strike for Black Lives
This week workers across the country walked off the job and rallied in the streets as part of a labor mobilization to support Black Lives Matter.
The Death of Hannah Fizer
Black people suffer disproportionately from police violence. But white skin does not provide immunity.
The Occupation at City Hall
The occupation sought to challenge the priorities of a city government that would choose to cut funding for guidance counselors, park workers, teachers, and other social services while continuing to spend billions on cops.
Will MLB Confront Its Racist History?
The controversy over buildings, statues, and awards honoring racists has finally reached the baseball establishment.
