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![California Correctional Center, a minimum-security state prison in northern California, is pictured on June 8, 2021, in Susanville, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0526-prison-400x300.jpg)
In Debates Over Prison Closures, Don’t Prioritize “Economic Impact” Over Lives
Towns that rely on a system that criminalizes and cages human beings need to rethink how their economies are organized.
![A close-up portrait of a Black woman holding a red candle](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0518-abortion-protest-400x300.jpg)
Black Feminism Insists That We Not Treat the Attack on “Roe” as Isolated Issue
The plan to overturn “Roe” occurs in the context of a larger right-wing backlash that is both gendered and racialized.
![BFP supporters and South Asian Lives Representative Saanvi Gambhira protest against anti-trans legislation in Louisiana at Benjamin Franklin High School.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0518-ml-protest-400x300.jpg)
The GOP Is Attacking LGBTQ Rights in Schools. These Students Are Fighting Back.
Anti-racist and LGBTQ youth are organizing in school to resist the onslaught of Republican attempts to silence them.
![People leave messages at a makeshift memorial near a Tops grocery store in Buffalo, New York, on May 15, 2022, the day after a gunman killed 10 people.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0517-buffalo-shooting-400x300.jpg)
“Innocent” White People Are Also Complicit in the Anti-Black Murders in Buffalo
We can’t let the more quotidian operations of whiteness, which feed anti-Black violence every day, off the hook.
![Child on swing set with teddy bear](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0512-child-swing-400x300.jpg)
The End of “Roe” Will Lead to More Family Separation and Child Disappearance
“They make money off of family separation,” says sociologist and legal scholar Dorothy Roberts.
![George Yancy, left, speaks to historian Robin Kelley about the current conservative pushback against critical discussions about race and racism, Black pain and suffering, practices of hope, and much more.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0505-george-yancy-robin-kelley-400x300.jpg)
Robin Kelley: White Indifference Is Normalizing Spectacular Acts of Violence
Historian Robin D.G. Kelley discusses navigating the anti-Black racism of universities.
![Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill on July 23, 2019, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0504-elizabeth-warren-student-debt-400x300.jpg)
$50K Student Loan Cancellation Overwhelmingly Benefits Poorest Borrowers
The findings, compiled for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, confirm that canceling student debt is a progressive economic policy.
![We cannot ignore Republican efforts to stifle the teaching of U.S. history and still expect to live in a free society.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-640899990-400x300.jpg)
What’s Taught in School Impacts Us All. We Must Defend Anti-Racist Education.
We cannot ignore Republican efforts to stifle the teaching of U.S. history and still expect to live in a free society.
![A flag is unfurled on the field prior to a game between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field on June 11, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-1323070116-400x300.jpg)
Major League Baseball Desegregated 75 Years Ago, But It’s Still Rife With Racism
Struggle from below desegregated the league, but the fight continues as racial injustice has mutated over time.
![Daunte Wright's family members place candles around a memorial for Wright on April 11, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/04/2022-0412-minneapolis-candles-400x300.jpg)
A Year After Police Killed Daunte Wright, Minneapolis Is Still Resisting
Family members observed the one-year anniversary of Wright’s killing on Monday as the push for change continues.