FAHRENHEIT 1619
How the state exploits imprisoned people of color to battle infernos for pennies on the dollar while fossil fuel execs toast from their mega-yachts.
WHILE CALIFORNIA BURNS HOTTER AND LONGER EACH YEAR, our political establishment actually — surprise, surprise — has a solution.
Sure, it doesn’t involve tackling climate change or properly funding fire departments (don’t be ridiculous, silly, that would hurt their donors). But instead? Why, pay incarcerated people pennies on the dollar to battle inferno…
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