More than 50 people stood outside the Enoch Pratt Library’s Southeast Anchor branch on a recent spring morning in Baltimore. Parents with small children, teenagers, and senior citizens clustered outside the door and waited to hear their ticket numbers called.
They weren’t there for books—at least, not at that moment. They came to shop for groceries.
Connected to the library, the brightly painted market space is small but doesn’t feel cramped. Massive windows drench it in sunshine. In a previous life, it was a café. Now, shelves, tables, counters, and a refrigerator are spread out across the room, holding a mix of produce and shelf-stable goods.
horseshit article
shit like this is not happening in the United States period and if there is a shop in one place in the whole country does not mean shit is getting better
fuck off with these articles nothing is getting better and no one is in arms about anything just look out your window looks the same as twenty years ago
nobody is getting paid what they are worth, people are still homeless, jackboots are still kicking us after they have thrown us to the ground, no universal healthcare, and shit is just getting worse
voting Democrat or Republican over and over again is not working and the elections here are rigged anyways and the leaders are handpicked puppets with citizens not having any voice but are told we are in a democracy
I worked at one of these places in the US, they absolutely do exist. It was a free “market” stocked daily with produce, meat and a huge assortment of food products and our “shoppers” pushed carts around our market and picked whatever they wanted off the shelves.
I agree with your main point though, shit is fucked and things aren’t getting better and our political system is broken beyond repair.
Does someone need a nap? How bout a snack buddy? I bet you’ll feel way better after some goldfish and an apple juice.
Ah ok so should we just roll over and give up then? That seems to be the argument you’re getting at and while that might work for you I’d rather work with people in my community to have projects like this to help people, as well as also protesting and advocating for change.
I do believe if you read the article you would see reference to at least six other cities with this model as well…so you did not read the article. Saw the headline and decided to drop a duce on something nice…cool cool cool.
Getting all pissy about a feel-good story is a weird take.
If you don’t like it, fine. But ranting about it is silly at best.