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Big Tech Is Using the Pandemic to Push Dangerous New Forms of Surveillance
Data from new smartphone apps being used to track COVID infections can easily be weaponized against groups of people.
Defunding the Police Is Not the End Goal. It’s the First Step.
Abolition is not just a divestment from policing, but the creation and resourcing of fundamentally different priorities.
Immigrants Who Defend Themselves From Sexual Violence Face Prison, Deportation
Abusive partners often use the threat of deportation to prevent immigrant victims from seeking help or leaving.
Feds Made It Harder to Free Prisoners Amid COVID, Even as Barr Promised Releases
A secret Bureau of Prisons policy has kept all but 1.8 percent of federal prisoners behind bars, where the virus rages.
Immigrants Jailed by ICE Are Winning Court Battles to Get Free
Organizers inside and outside ICE detention are fighting to get people free, and they’ve succeeded hundreds of times.
Chicago Passed Police Torture Reparations 5 Years Ago. Were They Implemented?
Chicago’s reparations ordinance remains a great precedent for the U.S. despite some of its promises being unfulfilled.
Adventures in Digital Organizing With Mariame Kaba
Kelly Hayes talks with activist Mariame Kaba about storytelling and building power.
With My Child Incarcerated During a Pandemic, I Spend Mother’s Day in Fear
How many more incarcerated people have to die before elected officials take action?
80 Percent of People Held in Ohio’s Marion Prison Test Positive for COVID-19
Eleven prisoners and one staff member have died at the Marion Correctional Institution.
For Families Divided by ICE, the Pandemic Compounds the Nightmare
As families deal with the stresses of the pandemic, those with loved ones in immigration jails are feeling desperate.