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We Won’t Win the Climate Fight Without Youth Leadership
Climate activist Jamie Margolin says her guide for youth activism, “Youth to Power,” has much to offer adults, too.
Noam Chomsky: Amid Protests and Pandemic, Trump’s Priority Is Protecting Profits
Trump is trying to “dominate by violence and terrify any potential opposition” in order to protect corporate interests.
Support for Uprisings Against Police Brutality Jumped 20 Points in One Week
A new poll shows more than 8 in 10 Americans say changes are needed in how policing is conducted in the U.S.
Joe Biden and Top Democrats Won’t Defund Police — But Our Cities Can
Momentum toward abolishing policing as we know it today is building at the local level.
Activists Catalog Nearly 600 Videos of Officer Violence Against Protesters
The documentation serves as a counter-narrative to repeated denials of responsibility from the police.
Police Are Using Implications of Drug Use to Justify Killing
Implications of drug use create a context in which deadly force used by police is framed as the only logical choice.
Donald Trump Is Afraid of Us All — His Barricaded White House Is Proof
Trump can still see the protesters, but only if he peers through the bars of the cage he has constructed for himself.
Thousands Protest Against Police Violence Outside US Embassies in UK and Spain
Protests over the police killing of George Floyd have also taken place in France, Mexico, Jamaica and Ireland.
Outside of the US, the World Sees Uprisings, Not Riots
The United States is paying the price for denying people what Malcolm X called “the right to be a human being.”
Buffalo Officers Suspended After Shoving 75-Year-Old Demonstrator to the Ground
The department's initial statement on the protester's fall failed to acknowledge officers' involvement in pushing him.