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Police Kill Alfred Olango, Unarmed Black Man, During His Mental Health Emergency
Police in California killed an unarmed Black man Tuesday after his sister called 911 to report her brother was having a mental health emergency.
Unprecedented National Prison Strike Enters Third Week
However, with protest has come punishment.
Safe [White] Spaces
My time at Brooklyn Co-op taught me a lot about how liberal democratic spaces fail to identify intersectionalities of exploitation.
Living While Black in the US Is to Resist Being Defined by Others
How I define myself and my Black joy, pain, hope or sadness in those moments is insignificant to them and how they define us.
Charged With Being Alive: Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott
Race affects everything: where you live, what you're blamed for and even if you're deemed worthy of being alive.
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When Migrant Women Marched in London
Remembering the “Strikers in Saris” 40 years later.
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How to Respect Your Elders: Supporting an Aging Migrant Generation
Our economy relies heavily on exploiting immigrant labor but our welfare state systematically excludes immigrants.
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Renters Unite to Demand Affordable Housing
Protests, marches and other actions are happening nationwide today in support of renters and affordable housing.
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South African School Girls Provide Leadership for the Ongoing Revolution
Refusing to straighten their hair, 13-year-old South African Black schoolgirls braved police dogs and arrest to join a youth movement.
Lawrence Davidson Discusses Turkey, Russia and the Autocratic Age
Davidson offers insights on the complexity of politics in Turkey, and provides context for Russia's current relationship with the US.