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Finally, Clemency for Sexual Violence Survivor Cyntoia Brown
Anti-incarceration organizer Mariame Kaba discusses the years of pressure that yielded clemency for Cyntoia Brown.

Immigrant Rights Activist Decries Trump Remarks About Southern Border
Trump's first prime-time speech was xenophobic and riddled with falsehoods.

Longtime Reporter Leaves NBC Calling Media a “Trump Circus”
NBC reporter and analyst William Arkin called out the media for warmongering in a scathing letter.

Workers Ran Their Own Strike and Beat Marriott
Workers hope to be even stronger for the next contract negotiations in 2022.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib Won’t Apologize for Comments About Trump
Tlaib is demanding accountability for the president and a just end to the government shutdown.

ICE Raids Make Families Afraid to Leave Their Homes
Raids destabilize families and communities and make people feel unsafe even in their own homes.

Pelosi’s Actions on Climate Fall Woefully and Inexcusably Short of What We Need
Varshini Prakash, founder of the Sunrise Movement, discusses more.

“Surviving R. Kelly” Documents Decades of Abuse of Black Girls
Oronike Odeleye, co-founder of #MuteRKelly, discusses more.

Democrats Push to End Shutdown Without Funding for Wall
House Democrats passed a package of bills that would reopen the federal government without meeting Trump’s demand.

Netflix Censors Hasan Minhaj Over Khashoggi Killing and War in Yemen
Netflix pulled an episode of Minhaj’s show “Patriot Act” from Saudi Arabia, after Saudi officials complained.