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Defending the Digital Frontier: Why We Need a Civil Rights Framework for the Internet
The problem is not isolated to one platform, however powerful that platform might be.
Scott Walker Is Making It Harder to Receive Welfare in Wisconsin. Will This Become a Nationwide Blueprint?
Walker will spend $100 million to crack down on poor people.
The Indigenous Collective Using Tattoos to Rise Above Colonialism
Spirit writing is more than tattoos.
The US Under Donald Trump: Already Hell Enough for This Muslim-American
No one will be able to say that there were no warnings as people were demonized in their own country.
“The Battle for Paradise”: Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism and the Fight for Puerto Rico’s Future
Naomi Klein discusses the forces at play in the recovery of Puerto Rico.
“Neglect and Bureaucracy”: Six Months After Maria, Trump Condemned for Failed Response in Puerto Rico
Displaced Puerto Ricans and critics of the US government's response to Hurricane Maria protested outside the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
#MeToo Behind Bars: When the Sexual Assaulter Holds the Keys to Your Cell
Fear of retaliation silences both victims and witnesses.
Gender Equality Cannot Be Achieved Without Tax Reform for Multinational Companies
The more regressive the tax system, the more the burden of sustaining public policies will fall on the shoulders of women.
DOJ’s California Sanctuary Suit Doesn’t Challenge ICE Detainers
The state operated under its sanctuary law for more than two months before Sessions announced this month DOJ would sue.
Why Homelessness Is Harder for Women
Women who face the challenges of homelessness have to deal with additional factors.