Former Visiting Journalist Tracie McMillan Discusses Her Book: The White Bonus / Russell Sage Foundation

Read the original post here. Tracie McMillan is an independent, award-winning journalist and author. She was an RSF visiting journalist in spring 2022. Her essays and journalism have been published in many publications including the New York Times, Mother Jones, Harper’s, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and National Geographic. Her first book, The … Read more

Capital & Main: Philadelphia workers want legal protections enforced

Philadelphia Workers Are Readying a Bill With a Basic Demand: Just Enforce the Law Jen Byers, November 12, 2024Nannies, housekeepers and gig workers have already won legal protections. Now they want consequences for bosses who break the rules.

Weekend reads for October 5, 2024 / The Ink (newsletter)

The Ink, a newsletter “On politics and culture, money and power, from Anand Giridharadas,” listed “Being white paid off for JD Vance—by $20 million (at least)” by Tracie McMillan for Reckon News as one of the weekend reads the week of October 5th. Click here to read this issue.

Tracie McMillan joins Tavis Smiley / The Tavis Smiley Show (radio)

October 4, 2024 • 22 mins Author Tracie McMillan on her new book “The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America,” and how Senator JD Vance has benefited from racist industries, polices and white male privilege. Listen on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The Tavis Smiley … Read more

Capital & Main: Eos Energy’s Pittsburgh-area plant unionizes, Michigan care workers watch Senate bills

Workers Say Plant Eligible for $2 Billion in Public Funds Is Union Busting Kalena Thomhave, September 2, 2024Eos’ Pittsburgh-area battery plant got subsidies aimed at “good clean jobs.” Its workers say they’re getting fired for unionizing. Pennsylvania Battery Plant Workers Vote to Unionize Kalena Thomhave, September 6, 2024Workers at Pittsburgh-area Eos Energy join the United … Read more

“The Cash Value of Racism in America—and Its Schools” with Tracie McMillan / South Talks at University of Mississippi

Talk given at The Center for the Study of Southern Culture, part of the University of Mississippi on September 12, 2024. After journalist Tracie McMillan began reporting on the material advantages of racial privilege in America, she ended up in the public schools of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Using the story of two millennial sisters—the Becker girls—as … Read more

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