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Maya Schenwar | Women’s Prisons as Sites of Resistance: An Interview With Victoria Law
Too often, organizing work done in women's prisons goes wholly unrecognized.
For Families of People Living With Mental Illness, Police “Support” Is Not the Solution
We need to radically reimagine what safety looks like.
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Leave No One Behind: Gay Marriage, Obergefell v. Hodges and the March Forward
Communities of color, the trans community and those who simply don't fit a model of what it means to be gay must not be left behind.
The Disparate Impact of Climate Change
The pope's new encyclical illuminates a concept we should all get to know better: disparate impact.
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Lawmakers Are Using Trade Rules to Blacklist Critics of Israel
Legislation to fast track new trade pacts specifically targets supporters of the BDS movement against the Israeli occupation.
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How Would Francis Invest?
Heed the pope's call to tread more lightly upon the Earth by making your money fossil-free.
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Another Industry-Backed Effort to Delay Crucial Safeguards and Undermine the Regulatory Process
RESTORE is redundant, unnecessary, and a backdoor way to prevent the implementation of popular laws.
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Military Sexual Assault Reform Stalls Again
This system clearly isn't working now, and there's no evidence that it will start to work simply because the Pentagon dreams it so.
Richard D. Wolff | Socialism Means Abolishing the Distinction Between Bosses and Employees
Deepening criticisms of capitalism prompt renewed interest in system change and clarifying just what socialism means.
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Rise in Carbon Dioxide Could Restrict Growing Days for Crops
While plants in temperate zones may benefit from higher temperatures, global warming's impact in the tropics threatens catastrophe for food security.