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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Massachusetts just repealed its cap on aid for children born to welfare recipients, but such laws persist elsewhere.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.
Trump’s Racist Policies Make 2019 Look Like 1919
Trump’s religious and racial bigotry, rampant sexism and policies on immigration have thrown us into a time machine.
Jordan Peele’s “Us” Is a Middle-Class Guilt Trip
The terror in “Us” is not the pain of the “American Dream,” but the terror of not maintaining it.
Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Comments Demonize Asylum Seekers and Stir Racist Hatred
Stephen Miller’s uncle, David Glosser, discusses more.
Chicago Police Are Notorious Liars, So Why Trust Them on Smollett?
The importance of this case to our movement for real police accountability can hardly be overstated.
Educators Can Dismantle Oppression in Their Classrooms. Here’s How.
Dismantling racism and oppression within school systems should be prioritized with mandatory worker training.