No Meekness Here: Read December's edition of the Rabble-Rouser

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Welcome to December's edition of the Rabble-Rouser Newsletter. In addition to our usual mix of articles exposing corporate power and inequality, this month we're also casting a spotlight on some inspiring and tenacious activists - both in the past and present. 

Massive Rolling Strikes Shut Down Quebec, by Sonia Singh, Labor Notes - Click To Read.

400,000 public sector workers across Quebec have been participating in rolling one-day strikes after proposed concessions. Check out this great interview in Labor Notes with striking workers.  

No Meekness Here: Meet Rosa Parks, 'Lifelong Freedom Fighter', NPR - Click To Read.

Last week marked the 60th anniversary of Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. But do you know the real story behind the civil rights icon?

Why So Many Minority Millennials Can't Get Ahead, by Mel Jones, The Atlantic - Click to Read.

Without the financial support that many white families can provide, young people of color have to continually make sacrifices that set them back. During key times in their lives when they should be building assets, they’re spending money on basic necessities and often helping out family. 

BONUS READ: A Wealthy Governor and His Friends Are Remaking Illinois, By Nicholas Confessore, The New York Times  - Click to Read. Rich families in Illinois are among a small group around the country who have channeled their massive wealth into political power -  taking advantage of regulatory, legal and cultural shifts that have created new avenues for flushing campaigns with money.