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As We Celebrate Independence, the US Stifles Freedom Around the Globe
The U.S. has been a major force of violent repression globally that stamps out people’s hopes for freedom and justice.
North Carolina Law Is Another Devastating Blow for Abortion Access in the South
“SB 20 will effectively close down many of our clinics,” says an abortion support worker.
Ohio Republicans Are Trying to Take Power From Voters. We Won’t Let Them.
We must be as dogged about protecting our democracy as authoritarian forces are about decimating it.
Israel Is Already Weaponizing AI — But Not in the Ways It Claims to Be
Israel claims to be a leader in AI tech, but its main innovations are lax industry ethics and widespread surveillance.
The State Is Increasingly Weaponized Against the Most Marginalized
DOJ investigations into white supremacists fell dramatically as those targeting “abortion-related” activism grew.
Young Climate Activists Aren’t Leading Tomorrow — They Are Leading Today
If we wait to be “leaders of tomorrow,” it will already be too late. That’s why we’re leading now.
As Movements Like Stop Cop City Gain Power, Police Treat Free Speech as a Crime
This playbook has been used and reused, depending on the political winds of the time.
SCOTUS Ruled in Favor of Voting Rights. Southern Black Voters Made That Happen.
The pro-democracy movement is alive and well in the South, fighting every attempt to drag us back to the Jim Crow era.
Let’s Carry on Grace Lee Boggs’s Revolutionary Legacy by Continuing Her Struggle
Revolution, Boggs asserted, must be rooted in a two-sided transformation of ourselves and our institutions.
Why Khanna Denounced Trump’s White Supremacy, But Not Modi’s Hindu Supremacy
The answer perhaps lies in the growing U.S.-India defense partnership that Rep. Ro Khanna has been championing.