Power leaves fingerprints even when it swears the record is clean. The Receipts Room is where those fingerprints get dusted, indexed, and laid out for public witness. Every report here traces a trail: labor, race, hunger, rebellion, policy, and the quiet machinery that connects them.
The Untold Labor History of Black America
A long-view examination of how Black labor built the nation while laws, unions, and policy fought to control it. From slave codes and convict leasing to modern gig algorithms, this report traces the backbone of American wealth.
Hunger by Design: Race, Welfare, and the Politics of SNAP
An investigation into how hunger relief became a political weapon. From New Deal ration books to today’s SNAP battles, this report shows how food insecurity was engineered, racialized, and moralized.
Divide and Conquer: A History of American Racial Politics
A throughline from Bacon’s Rebellion to modern grievance politics. This report unpacks how elites manufactured “whiteness,” weaponized fear, and kept poor and working-class people from unifying.
John T. Smith: A Labor Leader Bridging Unions and Civil Rights
A documented look at the life and leadership of John T. “Tommy” Smith — from the steel mills of Youngstown to the AFL-CIO, where he pushed for Black workers’ rights and expanded the links between labor and civil rights movements.
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