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[View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter]( June 11, 2020 Fifty-seven years ago today, noted segregationist George Wallace—then of Alabama, now of Hell—infamously [stood in the schoolhouse door]( in an attempt to block two Black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending the University of Alabama. In response, President John F. Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard, which ordered Wallace to step aside. Later that night, Kennedy [addressed the nation](. "One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves," the president said, adding: Yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free. They are not yet freed from the bonds of injustice. They are not yet freed from social and economic oppression. And this Nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free... Now the time has come for this Nation to fulfill its promise. The events in Birmingham and elsewhere have so increased the cries for equality that no city or State or legislative body can prudently choose to ignore them. The fires of frustration and discord are burning in every city, North and South, where legal remedies are not at hand. Redress is sought in the streets, in demonstrations, parades, and protests which create tensions and threaten violence and threaten lives. We face, therefore, a moral crisis as a country and as a people. It cannot be met by repressive police action. It cannot be left to increased demonstrations in the streets. It cannot be quieted by token moves or talk. It is time to act in the Congress, in your State and local legislative body and, above all, in all of our daily lives. It is not enough to pin the blame on others, to say this is a problem of one section of the country or another, or deplore the fact that we face. A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all. Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality. Donald Trump, a [modern](-[day]( [Wallace](, is planning to hold a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 19. Both the location and date have significance. Tulsa is the site of an infamous massacre in 1921, when white marauders [murdered hundreds of Black residents](. June 19 is Juneteenth, the day commemorating when enslaved Americans, in Texas, first learned of the emancipation proclamation. What will the [increasingly unpopular]( Trump say in his speech? Well, if his [current mindset is a predictor, nothing good](. Words that come out of a president's mouth have historically had a talent for meeting action, for good or ill. After Kennedy's Oval Office address, he proposed what would become the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. Trump, whose [chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff apologized for participating in the president's tear-gas photo](, seems more likely to prove the ill part. Have a nice evening, —Ben Dreyfuss [House Donation Ad]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [New Polls Show the Enormous, Self-Destructive Toll of Trump’s Protest Response]( "I've never seen a single time when Trump was below 50 percent approval among Republicans on anything." BY PEMA LEVY [Trending] [The coronavirus is still killing thousands of Americans every week, but Trump isn't very interested.]( BY DAVID CORN [Donald Trump, like the Confederacy, is picking the wrong hill to die on.]( BY TIM MURPHY [Trump is bragging about his environmental record. You read that right.]( BY REBECCA LEBER [When it comes to policing, journalism is part of the problem. Can we change that?]( BY MONIKA BAUERLEIN [House Subscription Ad]( [The Big Feature] [Special Feature]( [True Crime Is Cathartic for Women. It’s Also Cop Propaganda.]( Stay sexy, don’t get murdered, and reinforce the carceral state. BY P.E. MOSKOWITZ [Fiercely Independent] Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. [Donate]( [Recharge] SOME GOOD NEWS, FOR ONCE [The Coronavirus Put Them Out of Work. Now These Chefs Are Feeding New York's Protesting Masses.]( Last Saturday, as temperatures soared into the 80s and summer levels of humidity descended upon New York City, waves of protesters crisscrossed Grand Army plaza, a striking explosion of beaux-arts architecture that sits just above Prospect Park in northwest Brooklyn. Pumping signs and chanting for justice, some protesters grabbed water bottles and snacks—granola bars, Ritz crackers, goldfish—as they passed volunteers encircling the plaza. But other protesters snagged food, from other volunteers, that was straight-up gourmet: roasted vegetable and hummus sandwiches, grilled chicken and ranch pita wraps, spiced rice and beans, fresh fruit salad, vegan protein balls filled with almond butter and granola—all prepared by out-of-work chefs. Melissa Vigilance, 25, normally works as a chef at a law firm. But since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, she hasn’t been able to go into work. So she teamed up with six of her friends, all chefs in New York City, to feed the movement for racial justice. “We started [Feed the Movement NYC]( because a lot of chefs are out of a job,” Vigilance explained when I interviewed her for the new episode of the Mother Jones Podcast. “We wanted to provide food that’s nutritious, but also provides comfort for people who are out here spending their day yelling and fighting for us. This is our part to say thank you to them and be with them.” [Hear from Vigilance and her fellow chefs in [this edition of the]([Mother Jones Podcast](.] After the protests took off in Brooklyn, Vigilance set up a GoFundMe campaign to collect donations so the meals could be handed out to protesters for free. She and her friends arrived with boxes of provisions, including her homemade protein balls, gourmet sandwiches, water bottles, and energy drinks. “The great part about us being chefs is we’re able to make gourmet things that are portable, healthy, and easy to move around [with], that people will love,” she said. “It came out pretty easily.” The killing of George Floyd has reignited a centuries-long fight for racial justice in the United States, sending hundreds of thousands of protesters out into the streets in more than 400 cities around the world over the past few weeks. This call for justice is made all the more complicated and crucial by a pandemic that’s disproportionately hit communities of color—and also the hospitality and restaurant industries. An estimated [417,000]( restaurant workers lost their jobs in March, when restaurants and bars were first ordered to close. Now, some of New York’s [321,000]( food-and-beverage industry workers who are out of work or working from home are channeling their energy and talent into this grassroots movement. “A lot of us are home right now, not in our restaurants, so we’re able to use our talent to give back, to bring awareness to the cause,” said [Kayla Davis](, 28, another chef working to feed protesters. Davis and McCallum were also out in Grand Army plaza this past weekend, handing out roasted vegetable sandwiches, grilled chicken wraps, nut-free cookies, fresh fruit, granola bars—and PPE.Davis is working with [Rasheeda McCallum](, 29, who she met when they were students at Johnson & Wales University, a culinary school in Providence, Rhode Island. Four days ago they started the [Black Chef Movement](, another GoFundMe food-centered campaign to sustain local anti-racism protesters. They’ve raised over $8,000 in that time. “We wanted a way to keep everybody nourished and encouraged while they’re out here,” said Davis. “We’re trying to inspire, uplift, and support through food, which is our passion.” “We’re here to be there for our brothers and sisters on the front lines,” McCallum said. “We figured if we show up and we can nourish them, then they’ll keep going, and the things we need done will definitely get done.” At the same time, to the side of the main plaza, Sebastian Jaramillo, 31, was handing out empanadas. The co-founder of [Empanaderia](, a Brooklyn-based catering company that normally delivers empanadas throughout the city, Jaramillo was busy earlier in the week providing supplies and food to protesters as they got out of jail. By giving free food to protesters and collecting donations to buy more supplies for the protests, Jaramillo has found a way to use his business to help a cause he cares about. Empanaderia is also matching donations that people make through its website. “We’ve been out here giving out more than a thousand empanadas,” Jaramillo said. “We’re doing out best to support local businesses, support the protests, and get police to stop killing us.” He added, “We’re happy to be out here with everybody to fight the good fight.” —Molly Schwartz Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755