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Susan Burton writes about how her work with incarcerated women drove her to oppose racist mass incarceration.

Sister Maura's death and life raise profound questions about the intersection of religious conviction and political action.

Antony Lowenstein examines how the success of modern day capitalism “guarantees unfairness and rewards greed,” threatening society and the planet.

In this excerpt from “How to Kill a City,” Peter Moskowitz describes how the changing landscape of New York City prompted his desire to understand gentrification.

“It is the responsibility of all of us to renew our resistance to all forms of bigotry and oppression,” writes Rebecca Vilkomerson.

This excerpt from the highly acclaimed novel “The Underground Railroad” describes how the protagonist's grandmother was enslaved and brought to a Georgia plantation.

In this excerpt from “Speaking OUT,” Tiffany reflects on her personal journey in the years since her photograph was taken in 2006.

In this excerpt from “Splinterlands,” written in the form of a fictitious journal from the year 2050, John Feffer offers a grim speculative account of how the world unraveled.

The collapse of Rana Plaza not only shone a light on the extreme exploitation of Bangladeshi workers, it also revealed the hidden structure of the global capitalist economy.

Women of color in the US negotiate their reproductive lives in a system that combines various interlocking forms of oppression.