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Abolition Is a Global Movement. Here’s What We Learned From Allies Worldwide.
To make abolition possible, grassroots groups of people directly impacted by incarceration must mobilize globally.
“E-Carceration” Is the Newest Surveillance Trend Spreading Across the Globe
As the use of “e-carceration” spreads globally, invasive, AI-powered surveillance comes with it.
Hit With a 100-Year Cyclone, New Zealand Declares a National Emergency
Cyclone Gabrielle battered the island with all the hallmarks of a storm made more intense by the climate crisis.
US Arms Trade Fuels Mass Shootings at Home and Around the World
The U.S. remains the largest international supplier of arms while obstructing weapons control efforts at the UN.
Anti-Black Racism Is Global. So Must Be the Movement to End It.
With the treatment of Black refugees in Ukraine, we witnessed in real time how Black lives do not matter globally.
New Zealand Law Granting Paid Leave for Miscarriage Sparks Organizing in US
The win in New Zealand has fueled U.S. efforts to extend paid medical and family leave protections to all 50 states.
Nearly 7 in 10 Americans Are “Embarrassed” by Trump’s COVID Response
For the first time in months, most Americans believe that "the worst" of the coronavirus pandemic "is yet to come."
New Zealand Declared Virus-Free as United States Approaches 2 Million Cases
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a relaxation of social distancing rules in her country on Monday.
Anything Other Than Decriminalization Leaves Sex Workers Behind
Criminalization of sex work further disempowers some of society's most vulnerable classes of people.
Settler Colonialism Lurked Beneath the Christchurch Massacre
Fascism is little more than colonialism turned inwards.