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The Death Penalty Is Always an Atrocity, Not Just for the Wrongfully Convicted
The death penalty should be applied neither to the guilty nor the innocent. We must abolish it.
School Surveillance Earns Tech Companies Billions. Students Pay the Price.
Tech firms have outfitted classrooms with data-gathering surveillance technologies that undermine education and privacy.
Louisiana’s Black Rural Residents Feel Neglected in Wake of Hurricane Francine
Rural communities have the hardest time accessing aid from government recovery programs.
It’s Not on the Ballot, But Abortion Is Driving Voting Conversation in Georgia
The galvanizing potential for Georgia voters who oppose the six-week ban has not been lost on state lawmakers.
“Our Power Is Where We Choose One Another”: Abolitionists Discuss Our Moment
“We are on the precipice of something big,” says Movement for Black Lives organizer M Adams.
We’ve Organized for Palestinian Liberation for Years. Here’s What We Learned.
Jewish anti-Zionists share insights on our collective struggle to build a strong left in the face of looming disaster.
To Get Students to Understand What Racism Is, I First Had to Teach What It’s Not
Fallacies of racism must be interrogated, or they will (re)produce white supremacy, both ideologically and materially.
New Biography Opens a Portal Into the Life and Work of Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde may be gone, but her legacy lives on through her students, says author Alexis Pauline Gumbs.
As DNC Kicks Off, Palestine Solidarity Activists Look to 1964 for Inspiration
60 years ago, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party forced the Democrats to confront Jim Crow within their own party.
Over 100 People Die in Missouri Prisons Each Year. Othel Moore Was One of Them.
Three attempts in the legislature to secure better oversight over Missouri's prison administration have stalled out.