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Human Rights
How Racism Has Shaped Welfare Policy in the US Since 1935
US welfare policies have, from their very inception, been discriminatory.
How France Sets the Rules for Discussions About Racism, Terrorism and Islam
Discussions around race and Islam have been preemptively funneled into “acceptable” channels by the French state.
No Other Way Than to Struggle: The Farmworker-Led Boycott of Driscoll’s Berries
When the farmworkers demanded a collective bargaining agreement, the supervisors sent in the police.
Why Are We Paying $300 for an EpiPen That Holds Only $1 Worth of Medicine?
In 2007, the wholesale price of the EpiPen in the US was $57.
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War Not Over: US Occupation Is Still Poisoning Iraq’s Children
Environmental toxicology report ties elevated levels of lead in children to bombings and ammunition.
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On the Caging of Bresha Meadows: What Does Justice Look Like?
Fourteen-year-old Bresha Meadows has been caged for killing her abusive father, but who is really accountable?
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The Fifth-Graders Who Put Mexican Repatriation Back Into History Books
When a California history class noticed the US 1930s Mexican Repatriation was left out of the curriculum, they decided to take it up with the state Legislature.
“Necessary Trouble” and a Long, Hard Struggle: Talking Movements With Sarah Jaffe
Sarah Jaffe's “Necessary Trouble” is an extensive, vivid overview of post-2008 crisis movements and their organizers.
Day Laborers Leader on Right-Wing Hostility: “So Far, We Have Won This Fight“
We recently spoke with Pablo Alvarado, executive director of the Los Angeles-based National Day Laborer Organizing Network.
The Political Significance of Being Inconvenienced
Striving for justice in the long term is worth the upset in the present, worth the mess and the noise of trying to figure it all out.