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What Should Reparations for Slavery Entail?
In addressing the issue of reparations, we must also address transforming the system of capitalism, to which slavery gave birth.
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Ten Indigenous and Environmental Struggles — and How You Can Help in 2017
We hope the energy and love we have received in our struggle can be extended to other indigenous communities.
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The Private, the Social and the Political: A Human Rights Perspective on Trans Rights and Bathroom Access
Bathroom politics reflect much broader questions of inequality and empowerment.
Chicago Death Toll Must Be Understood in Context of Shrinking Safety Net, Incarceration and War Funding
In 2016, more people were killed in Chicago by gun violence than in New York City and Los Angeles combined.
The Real Face of Washington (and the US)
At least five major shifts in American life and politics helped lay the groundwork for the rise of Trumpism.
The Takeover of US Health Care by Big Money
We are being led by politicians beholden to bigmoney serving the greed of today's medical-industrial complex.
Orange Crush: The Rise of Tactical Teams in Prison
A lawsuit exposes the abuses of a tactical team called the “Orange Crush” deployed in some Illinois prisons.
More US Workers Have Highly Volatile, Unstable Incomes
More Americans work without full-time employers, yet policies fail to address this new reality.
World’s Fastest Land Animal Is Now Racing Extinction
Conservationists believe that cheetahs are even more likely to go extinct than previously thought.
Arms Trade Treaty Falling Down in Yemen
Many of the governments which championed the treaty are failing to uphold it, especially when it comes to the conflict in Yemen.