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Op-Ed
Reproductive Tech That Promises Smart Babies Is Peddling Soft Eugenics
Geneticists must not become unwitting enablers of the resurgence of such pseudo-scientific ideas.
As the Status Quo Shatters, Afrofuturists’ Visions Offer a Way Forward
Afrofuturism takes us to strange futures. In its kaleidoscope lens, the future is a canvas to imagine free Black life.
A War With Iran Would Not Be a One-Off Event But a Disastrous Ongoing Rupture
If Congress cedes its power to stop a war with Iran, it will fully erode any lingering promise of democratic restraint.
With New Policy, DHS Sets Its Sights on Incarcerating Up to 100,000 Refugees
“This is probably one of the most unprecedented memos — introduced to impose trauma on refugees,” an organizer said.
“Mobilize Everybody”: Minneapolis Organizers Share Lessons From Their Struggle
Largely unseen care work, communications, healing, and fellowship makes sustained resistance in Minneapolis possible.
As Trump Threatens Iran, We’re On the Brink of a Generational Catastrophe
A US war with Iran would be illegal, immoral, and dangerous. We can still stop it.
Journalists Jailed by ICE Are Revealing the Horrors of Incarceration
The Trump administration’s attacks on journalists have a side effect: further exposing the violence of prisons.
Incarcerated Women Featured in True Crime Media Face Flood of Sexual Harassment
Incarcerated women are being made involuntary performers in a spectacle that attracts men who dehumanize them.
“Reforms” Didn’t End Police Violence in 2020 and They Won’t End ICE Violence Now
We can’t settle for “reforming” the largest law enforcement agency in the nation — it must be abolished.
Illinois Had Massive Gaps in Mental Health Coverage. We Organized to Fix It.
A grassroots campaign that united patients and providers succeeded in expanding mental health care access. Here’s how.