In this morning’s Short Read of the Week meeting, we discussed five articles, shown here and at https://tinyurl.com/TillcoDems-short-reads. We chose to spotlight an article in McClatchy that is unusually short and unusually helpful in understanding the divisions in our country today:

The Confederacy Was a Con Job on Whites. And Still Is.
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/opinion/article136803208.html
[our copy here]

We also chose a pair of articles by the same author, one in the New Yorker and one in Counterpunch, on a little-known part of President Biden’s stimulus plan that is a Very Big Deal:

The Stockton Experiment: How a Guaranteed Income Can Actually Solve Inequality
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/15/the-stockton-experiment-how-a-guaranteed-income-can-actually-solve-inequality/
[our copy here]

Biden’s Stimulus Plan Contains an Experiment in Universal Basic Income
https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/joe-bidens-stimulus-plan-contains-an-experiment-in-universal-basic-income
[our copy here]

As more people become aware of this provision of the stimulus plan, it is going to elicit anger that is grounded in ideology, not facts. These articles will help us educate our conservative friends about how it helps all of us.

Submit your article suggestions at https://tinyurl.com/TillcoDems-short-reads and join us next week!