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National Guard troops stand outside the U.S. Capitol on February 13, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
Op-Ed
War & Peace

The National Security State Doesn’t Protect Us. Let’s Redefine Security for All.

Living under COVID for the past year has driven home the reality that militarization doesn’t buy security.
by
Lindsay Koshgarian,
Truthout
February 26, 2021
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A USPS mail worker is seen on August 06, 2020, in New York City.
Op-Ed
Economy & Labor

Black Families Have a Major Stake in the Postal Service’s Future

USPS has long been a major source of good middle-class jobs for Black workers.
by
Sarah Anderson,
Scott Klinger &
Brian Wakamo,
Inequality.org
February 26, 2021
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Oakland Deputy Chief of Police Chris Bolton, center, looks at a street vendor while visiting businesses around Chinatown in Oakland, California, February 16, 2021.
Op-Ed
Prisons & Policing

More Policing Is Not the Solution to Anti-Asian Violence

Carceral approaches to anti-Asian violence ignore the realities of police violence.
by
Jason Wu,
Truthout
February 18, 2021
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley speaks during a campaign rally at Kohawk Arena on the campus of Coe College on February 1, 2020, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
News
Economy & Labor

Ayanna Pressley Unveils Jobs Guarantee Resolution

The resolution calls for “meaningful, dignified work” at a livable wage as an enforceable legal right in the U.S.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
February 18, 2021
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Allies of Black immigrants gather at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial to remember the Black immigrants who have been deported, on February 10, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
Interview
Immigration

Biden Spent Black History Month Deporting Black Immigrants. Where’s the Outrage?

Anti-Blackness is baked into the immigration system, and ICE has merely operationalized it.
by
Tina Vásquez,
Prism
February 17, 2021
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Brooke Bridges, assistant kitchen manager at Soul Fire Farm and public speaker harvests heirloom tomatoes on September 25, 2020, in Petersburg, New York.
Op-Ed
Economy & Labor

Antitrust Legislation Is Essential to Racial and Economic Justice in Agriculture

As support for antitrust enforcement grows, the idea of taking on corporate concentration may not be so far-fetched.
by
Anthony Pahnke,
Truthout
February 14, 2021
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Illustration of USA health care in sickly condition even with Trump face torn away
News
Environment & Health

New Lancet Report: 40 Percent of US COVID Deaths Could Have Been Avoided

The scathing new report is an indictment of both Trump and a health care system that values profit over human life.
by
Mike Ludwig,
Truthout
February 11, 2021
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Colorado National Guard members of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) team member, processes through the decontamination station after performing COVID-19 testing at a state veterans home in Aurora, Colorado, April 29, 2020.
Op-Ed
Environment & Health

Military Metaphors in Health Care Are Harmful — Especially During the Pandemic

We must reimagine health and healing in a way that doesn’t label our oppressors “humanitarians.”
by
Hiba Ansar,
Truthout
February 6, 2021
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Latinx COVID Deaths Soar 1,000% in Los Angeles as Vaccine Rollout Lags
Interview
Racial Justice

Latinx COVID Deaths Rise by 1,000 Percent in Los Angeles as Vaccine Rollout Lags

New data shows that Black and Latinx people in the U.S. are getting vaccinated at much lower rates than white people.
by
Amy Goodman &
Juan González,
Democracy Now!
February 2, 2021
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Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a ceremonial swearing-in of Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House complex on January 27, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
Interview
Racial Justice

Reaching Beyond “Black Faces in High Places”: An Interview With Joy James

When Black politicians share a donor base with the DNC, we can’t expect transformative justice. We must keep organizing.
by
George Yancy,
Truthout
February 1, 2021
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