How prisoner-led organizing saved my life

A new child labor law just went into effect in Arkansas. Children under 16 in the state no longer need to obtain a work permit before taking a job. This rollback is happening as child labor violations have risen nearly 300% nationwide since 2015.

The disaster relief fund of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is set to run out of money at the height of hurricane & wildfire season—unless Congress adds $11.5 billion in funds.

A federal judge, Judge Brian Morris, blocked Montana House Bill 359, known as Montana’s “Drag Ban,” late Friday afternoon. This bill, enacted into law on May 22, 2023, forbids anyone from performing in public while wearing “exaggerated makeup” and “adopting a flamboyant or parodic [male or female] persona with glamorous exaggerated costumes and makeup.” The judge used the words of the bill’s author, Representative Braxton Mitchell, to determine that the legislation was unmistakably crafted with discriminatory intent, constituting an unconstitutional breach of freedom of speech and imposing content-based restrictions.

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ABOUT THE EDITOR

The Review is edited by Sam Smith, who covered Washington under nine presidents, has edited the Progressive Review and its predecessors since 1964, wrote four books, been published in five anthologies, helped to start five organizations (including the DC Humanities Council and the DC Statehood Party), was a plaintiff in three successful class action suits, served as a Coast Guard officer, and played in jazz bands for four decades.

A truly independent journalist with his feet firmly grounded in the reality of neighborhoods and everyday people. -- Patrick Mazza, Progressive Populist

A truly original voice in American journalism: humorous and plain spoken and filled with common sense -- Jay Walljasper, Utne Reader

Inimitable -- Mother Jones Magazine

Sam's a cynical cat -- Marion Barry

Sam's one of the few independent voices left. The press today is either extreme or special interest or else just establishment, an extension of the corporate spirit -- Sen. Eugene McCarthy,

One of a small group of whites with whom many blacks would trust their political lives - Chuck Stone, Washingtonian.

A reputation for wit, intelligence and anger. -- Claude Lewis, Chicago Tribune

Smith is an island of reason and information in a sea of narcissistic blather. -- City Paper, Washington

Whatever the debate, the Review's sharp critiques encourage us to look out our window, notice and act upon what we see, and also to look further -- to the rest of the country and globe -- to see how the organized big world interacts with our more spontaneous small worlds. - Utne Reader