Read with Me: Hear from nurses, domestic workers, and Brazilian activists
Read with Me is my weekly selection of articles and more from across the internet— an assortment of current events, commentary, contemplations and more.
A tribute in words and recipes
Praise song for the kitchen ghosts via Emergence Magazine: Remembering her grandmother’s jam cake and sweet black tea, Crystal Wilkinson evokes a legacy of joy, love, and plenty in the culinary traditions of Black Appalachia.
Why we need to listen to nurses in Haiti (and everywhere)
“Want to know about Covid-19 in Haiti? Ask a nurse” via The New Humanitarian: Claudia Thomas Riche on caring for coronavirus patients in Haiti, the information frontline caregivers bring to the table, and efforts to ensure that information is better heard. (Yes, this is a plug for a piece I wrote!)
Ai-jen Poo on the future of home health care
Who cares? Now, all of us must via The New York Review of Books:“To match our country’s newfound recognition of care workers as essential, we must take care of them, too—by protecting and compensating them accordingly.”
Young leaders in Brazil speak out
“We are tired of waiting” via GAMA: “From the outskirts of Recife, where a boy decided to question the invisibility of evangelicals in the anti-racist struggle, to the quilombola community in the interior of Paraná, in which a girl fights for land rights and internet access for children to study “—a look at young people demanding political change.
How facial recognition technology endangers Black lives
“Defund Facial Recognition” via The Atlantic: “I’m a second-generation Black activist, and I’m tired of being spied on by the police.”