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A Growing Asian-American Movement Calls for Prison Abolition
The movement for abolition has meant renegotiating Asian Americans' relation to the prison industrial complex.
National Guard on Standby in North Dakota Before Court Ruling on Dakota Access Pipeline
North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple has activated the National Guard ahead of today's ruling on the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's lawsuit.
Against the Battalions in Blue: Challenging American Police, Their Racism and Their Imperial Violence
Police violence and militarization is at the heart of a perpetual crisis in the US.
DOJ Report on Baltimore Echoes Centuries-Old Limits on Black Freedom
The recently released report from the DOJ on the Baltimore Police Department is sobering, but not surprising.
“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.
How We Report on Structural Racism Can Hurt Us — or Heal Us
Many headlines are contributing to a polarized society, but media can play an important role in revealing our shared humanity.
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Obama Administration Prepares to Reinforce the Militarized Police Occupation of Black America
Obama increased militarization of local police 24-fold before banning some kinds of Pentagon weapons transfers.
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A Brief History of the “War on Cops”: The False Allegation That Enables Police Violence
The war on cops does not exist, but the idea has been used to justify increasing police violence.
In California, Immigrants Are Not for Sale
The Obama administration's deportation machine continues to tear communities apart.
Changing the Subject From the Realities of Death by Cop
Heather Mac Donald is trying to change the subject.