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Chicago Is Being Amazonified

By Pat Garofalo Photo by Rossanna Rodriguez Chicago recently made headlines for turning public parks space over to Amazon package lockers. But those lockers are only one example of Amazon and public officials using public-private “partnerships” to give away public resources and harm communities. Thanks to a deal Amazon cut with Chicago’s parks department, 49 Amazon lockers were recently deployed in public parks. (Photo courtesy Rossana Rodriguez) Residents of Chicago who went for a stroll in a local park recently might have come upon an unexpected obstruction: an Amazon locker partially blocking their path. Thanks to a deal Amazon cut with the city’s parks department, forty-nine Amazon lockers—where customers can pick up and leave packages—were deployed in public parks, with an...

Speaking Truth to the Fabricated Story of Christopher Columbus

A Call for Understanding and Inclusion to All Americans of Italian Descent By Tony Del Plato Americans of all ethnicities and cultures have staked their claim to “the land of the free.” But are we brave enough to face the dark side of the American story? Those who inhabited this land before the Europeans, Asians and Africans arrived, have suffered continuous attacks upon their lives and culture. They have endured a genocidal assault. And yet, they are alive and exist amongst us. I am calling on Americans of Italian descent for understanding and inclusion of our history on the land called Turtle Island by the Haudenosaunee peoples. America contains diverse truths based upon the historical record and the many voices among native peoples and those who colonized the Western ...

Fiorello La Guardia and the Social Democratic City

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LTlz7EUpvx8 The exclusion of Fiorello La Guardia’s leftist brand from his biography represents a gross distortion to the image of America’s greatest mayor, according to professor Gerald Meyer. New York City’s La Guardia is a beloved figure, Meyer stated, “But what’s left out of his story is his leftism.” Meyer, a professor at Hostos Community College in The Bronx, N.Y., is co-editor of “The Lost World of Italian Radicalism,” and author of “Vito Marcantonio: Radical Politician." So he has some experience with cases like La Guardia’s. The educator spoke March 18 at the New Haven Free Public Library’s “Books Sandwiched In:Virtual Author Talks,” on the subject, “Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and the Left.” The Little Flower’s le...