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The Cost of Compassion: Why Churches Turn Their Backs on Torture Victims
When compassion becomes politically inconvenient, churches turn their backs.
“The Internet Is My Lifeline”: Hip-Hop Artist Jasiri X on the FCC’s Net Neutrality Vote
The political artist from Pittsburgh speaks about the importance of the internet.
Michelle Alexander: Roots of Today’s Mass Incarceration Crisis Date to Slavery, Jim Crow
Alexander looks at the historical roots of “the new Jim Crow.”
Michelle Alexander: Ferguson Shows Why Criminal Justice System of “Racial Control” Should Be Undone
“America are finally waking up,” says Michelle Alexander.
Nationwide Week of Action Calls on ICE to Free Nicoll Hernandez-Polanco From Men’s Detention Facility
Hernandez-Polanco's experiences in detention reflect reality for many, if not most, trans women detained in immigration facilities.
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And We Sat: Violence Against the Bodies of Diversity and Transparency Student Movement at Syracuse University
Our bodies are any combination of Black, queer, disabled, ill, poor, assaulted, and undocumented.
Activist Ai-jen Poo: “We Owe It to Ourselves to Support People’s Living“
The current elder boom will give US society an opportunity to create a more caring economy, says Ai-jen Poo.
Guns on Campus: Not an Agenda for Women’s Safety
Allowing guns on campus won't reduce sexual assault on campus. Instead, it will increase the risk of homicide.
Introducing David Theo Goldberg’s “Sites of Race”
Racist expression and exclusion are denied their social origin and systemic content, reduced to matters of private discrimination.
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In Anti-Discrimination Suit, Haiping Su Took on Big Government and Won
Chinese Americans have continued to be accused, harassed, and thrown out of work.