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Criminal justice reform | Jobs | Climate

How Formerly Incarcerated Firefighters Are Getting the Jobs and Pay They Deserve

In California鈥檚 most catastrophic wildfire season yet, an organization is challenging the state to hire firefighters who were previously incarcerated to help meet public safety needs.

Ray Levy Uyeda | Sep 17, 2020

Racial Justice | Criminal justice reform

Rochester Police Killed an Unarmed Black Man Having a Mental Health Crisis

鈥淚 placed the phone call for my brother to get help, not for my brother to get lynched," says Joseph Prude.

N. Jamiyla Chisholm | Sep 10, 2020

Education | Coronavirus

How Public Schools Can Break the Digital Divide

This NYC teacher says going back to school amid COVID-19 is an opportunity to finally stop virtually segregating schools.

Elana Rabinowitz | Sep 9, 2020

Racial Justice

It鈥檚 Time to Dismantle Caste in the U.S.

Race and caste are not the same system, but they are parallel oppressions that have the same logic.

Thenmozhi Soundararajan | Sep 1, 2020

Racial Justice

History Shows Federal Agents Don鈥檛 Stop Civil Unrest

Militarized federal interventions can actually escalate conflict and often leave the underlying causes of protests or crime unresolved.

Ang茅lica Dur谩n-Mart铆nez | Sep 1, 2020

Racial Justice

NBA Athletes Weren鈥檛 Just Boycotting Games鈥擳hey Were on Strike

When NBA players refused to take the court, athlete activism escalated to a new level.

Abraham I. Khan | Aug 31, 2020

Racial Justice

Are Police Unions Part of the U.S. Labor Movement?

Historically, police have used their legal authority to protect businesses and private property over the working class.

Paul F. Clark | Aug 31, 2020

Vigilante Violence Is an American Tradition

Research suggests vigilantism doesn't arise from an absent or weak government, but rather when the very principles that make up a government and its people themselves seem to be changing.

Jonathan Obert | Aug 28, 2020

Racial Justice

How the Police Killing of a Black Brazilian Teen Sparked a Movement

The police killing of Jo茫o Pedro Mattos Pinto, a 14-year-old Black Brazilian in Rio de Janeiro, unmasked the scope of police brutality amid a pandemic and led to an unprecedented court decision.

Kiratiana Freelon | Aug 27, 2020

Racial Justice

Hip-Hop Continues a Protest Tradition That Dates Back to the Blues

Hip hop artists have protested police violence in their music for decades, just like Southern blues and jazz artists did in the late 1800s.

Tyina Steptoe | Aug 7, 2020

Native rights | Pipeline resistance | Indigenous lands

Police Violence Meets Spiritual Resistance in the Struggle Over DAPL

An appeals court overruled the shutdown of DAPL, pending a full environmental review. The fight against a pipeline that provoked unprecedented resistance continues.

Harold C. Frazier, John Willis | Aug 6, 2020

Racial Justice

How Black Photographers Are Shaping the Movement for Black Lives

Three photographers offer perspectives on documenting the moment: 鈥淭he revolution needs to be irresistible, right?鈥�

Nyasha Laing | Aug 4, 2020

Racial Justice | Affordable housing

How Urban Planning Keeps Cities Segregated鈥攁nd Maintains White Supremacy

Across the U.S., racial segregation was not the byproduct of urban planning but often its intention. Minneapolis, one of the most liberal cities in the country, is no exception.

Julian Agyeman | Jul 31, 2020

Racial Justice | Coronavirus

Love, Justice, and Common Humanity: A Student鈥檚 Perspective on Finding Hope

Because the humanity of every person is what we fight for when we advocate to end police violence, to support better treatment for COVID patients and doctors, or to institute justice everywhere.

Miriam Awan | Jul 14, 2020

Racial Justice | Immigration | Activism

As Black Immigrants, This Movement for Equality Is Ours, Too

A lot of Black immigrants like me have come to see that for our children to live the better lives we envisioned in this country, we need to be all-in against racism鈥攏o matter where or whom it strikes.

Macollvie J. Neel | Jul 14, 2020

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