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Empire Files: Greg Palast on the Hidden Purging of Millions of Voters
Abby Martin interviews Greg Palast, who has done the most extensive work uncovering the massive disenfranchisement campaign in the 2016 election.
Racialization and the US Census in Trump Era
Race is still used as an instrument to divide and subjugate.
Atlanta as a Sanctuary City: Holding Leaders Accountable for Violence Against Marginalized People
One step the Atlanta can take to meaningfully stand up to Trump and help protect our communities.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being: Explaining Turbans, Beards and Sikhs to Americans
“Someone wearing a turban was meant someone you could see on the street and ask for help if you need it.”
How White Nationalists Are Setting Immigration Policy in Trump’s White House
The Federation for American Immigration Reform has won access to mainstream spaces as the “respectable” face of xenophobia.
Louisiana Rape Survivors Could Face Jail if They Don’t Testify
Today in rape culture: a Louisiana district attorney who thinks that traumatized rape victims should be punished for refusing to testify.
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“Superman Is Not Coming”: Erin Brockovich on the Future of Water
“It's hundreds of Flints,” says Erin Brockovich: US water supplies have become repositories for industrial waste.
It’s Time for the Left to Ask “What Are We For?”
The political center is bombed out, so everyone has to take a hard left to transform democracy, says Maria Poblet.
ICE Detains Mexican Man Who Sought Sanctuary in Denver Church for Nine Months
Supporters of Hernandez Garcia say he has been targeted in part because of his immigration activism.
Census 2020: Count — Don’t Closet — LGBTQ Americans
I demand to be counted, for the sake of federal accountability and future opportunity.