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Ending the Death Penalty Is One Step Toward Ending Mass Incarceration
We must replace the death penalty's punishment paradigm with a vision of true justice.
Anything Other Than Decriminalization Leaves Sex Workers Behind
Criminalization of sex work further disempowers some of society's most vulnerable classes of people.
Artificial Intelligence Can Oppress the Poor and People of Color
Artificial intelligence isn't just in the movies. Robots are making real decisions for us every day.
Black Workers Say Walmart’s Background Checks Are Racially Discriminatory
Racial discrimination in the temporary staffing industry is notoriously difficult to address.
Native Peoples’ Bones Are Not Collectors’ Items. They Must Be Returned.
Although trafficking in human remains is a crime, cases involving Native remains are seldom prosecuted.
Rise in White Prisoners Doesn’t Change Innate Racism of Prisons
There is a powerful political constituency to mobilize against the cruelties of the U.S. carceral state.
To Conjure the Future We Want, We Need a Revolution of the Heart
As we rise up to co-create new social contracts, let us draw upon our intersecting spiritual antecedents.
13 States Still Have Laws Meant to Limit Poor Families’ Sizes
Massachusetts just repealed its cap on aid for children born to welfare recipients, but such laws persist elsewhere.
Right-Wing Border Militias Are the Troops of Trump’s Authoritarian Regime
The milita's “commander” was arrested last Saturday by the FBI on federal firearms charges.
Trump Blocks US From Appointing Anyone to UN Committee on Racism
After refusing to renominate human rights lawyer Gay McDougall, the Trump administration will send no one at all.