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Private Equity Is Using Prison Phone, Food and Health Systems to Rack Up Profits
Private equity firms are capturing systems people in prison use and making them even more brutal and unaccountable.
Hunger Surges in US After Food Aid Cuts
The expiration of federal policies launched in the past few years has reversed recent successes in stemming hunger.
AOC Calls Out $20 Million Offer to Unseat Tlaib as “Corruption of Our Politics”
Hill Harper rejected the offer from a businessman to drop out of his senate race to run against Rep. Rashida Tlaib.
Anti-Abortion Groups Undeterred by Election Losses, Press On in Courts
Abortion opponents are seeking ways to work around voters and cancel out victories at the polls for reproductive rights.
State Dept. Official Resigns to Protest US Arms Sales to Israel
The former official cited the “uncontroversial fact that U.S.-provided arms should not be used to massacre civilians.”
Land Trust Empowers Indigenous Women in Ancestral Land Reclamation
Corrina Gould of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust discusses rematriation and its power beyond tribal land return.
Indigenous Groups in New Mexico Demand Action as Toxic Waste Spills Quadruple
Frontline groups say an Interior Department plan to clean up extraction sites in the Greater Chaco Region has stalled.
Native Organizers Celebrate Solidarity, Grieve Losses and Work to Reduce Harm
“We're connected to each other and these liberation fights across the globe,” says Ashley Crystal Rojas.
This Israeli Teacher Was Jailed for His Posts Opposing Killing of Palestinians
Meir Baruchin spent four days in solitary confinement, lost his job as a teacher and is still facing charges.
Senator’s Letter Exposes Disturbing Extent of Phone Surveillance Program
Information privacy advocates are demanding Congress open an inquiry into the program formerly known as Hemisphere.