Immigrants Prepare for the Worst (Again)
No matter who wins the 2024 presidential race, immigrant rights advocates are laying the groundwork for long-term justice.
Social Justice
Will California End Forced Prison Labor?
Incarcerated people in California and many other states can be compelled to work for near-zero wages. A ballot proposition could change that.
Newly Naturalized and Ready to Vote
New citizens鈥攚hose votes may prove pivotal in swing states鈥攁re considering myriad issues as they cast their first ballots in a presidential election.
Turn Anger into Climate Activism This Election, Says Jane Fonda
According to the actor and activist: 鈥淭he choice is very clear: Do we vote for the future, or do we vote for burning up the planet?鈥�
Prisoners Deserve to Survive Natural Disasters, Too
When hurricanes Helene and Milton decimated multiple states, incarcerated people were left to fend for themselves. That can鈥檛 happen again.
C贸mo Apoyar a Las Personas Que Enfrentan el Duelo a Larga Distancia
Para los inmigrantes que enfrentan p茅rdidas desde lejos, el apoyo puede provenir de la comunidad, nuevos rituales y mejores pol铆ticas.
What to Expect When You鈥檙e Expecting an Abortion
When it comes to the often-taboo topic of abortion, the authors of "Liberating Abortion" are eager to share their wisdom with anyone considering accessing this form of health care.
鈥淲e the People鈥� Includes We the Incarcerated
It鈥檚 time to let all voting-age Americans influence their government.
Israeli Journalist Decries Gaza Genocide
Gideon Levy, an Israeli journalist long critical of his nation鈥檚 apartheid state, offers moral clarity on the first anniversary of the genocide in Gaza.
Texas Teen Courts Keep Youth Out of Prison
El Paso鈥檚 Teen Court is a peer-driven, youth-led program that centers the well-being of teenagers, instead of condemning them to the destructive criminal justice system.
Could This Make It Easier to Vote in Florida If You Have a Felony Conviction?
A new statewide proposal is the latest development in a years-long saga over the voting rights of felons in the Sunshine State.
Being White America鈥檚 鈥淢omala鈥�
Kamala Harris may win the presidency, but the media鈥檚 portrayal of her won鈥檛 challenge the expectations of those who see Black women as their mammies.
Dr. Ibram X Kendi鈥檚 Progress 2025 Vision for Education
In the face of Project 2025鈥檚 dystopian vision for education, Ibram X Kendi lays out a progressive alternative for public education in the U.S.
How to Become a Good Relative
鈥淲e need more white relatives to face their own truth, though doing so may bring immense discomfort,鈥� says Edgar Villanueva.
Organizers Brace for Resurrection of聽鈥淶ombie鈥澛燗bortion Laws
Despite conservative efforts to criminalize medication abortion using the 1873 Comstock Act, organizers continue to expand access to this necessary health care.
What to Do With Your White Guilt
Author Hilary Giovale knows that moving through guilt into accountability creates necessary change鈥攆or yourself and others.
Cop Cities Meet Growing Resistance Nationwide
Faced with the spread of militarized police training facilities known as "cop cities," grassroots activists are taking the call to #DefundPolice to cities nationwide.
An Abolitionist Response to Project 2025
Project 2025, created by the extremist right-wing Heritage Foundation, fortifies the racist impact of policing by empowering the Department of Justice to focus on violent crime, despite the fact that
A Progress 2025 Vision of Self-Determination
Project 2025, created by the extremist right-wing Heritage Foundation, takes a colonialist position on U.S. influence at home and abroad. Its authors argue that too much public land is not
Unlearning Queerphobia
Schools are a powerful place to begin building an LGBTQ-affirming culture, as an antidote to fear and bigotry.
What 鈥淗ell鈥檚 Kitchen鈥� Reveals About Black Women in Theater
The Tony Award-winning play, loosely based on Alicia Keys鈥� childhood, falls into the same trap much theatre does, failing to depict the nuances of Black trauma.
Ending 鈥淒eath by Incarceration鈥�
A Pennsylvania man is challenging mandatory life without parole sentencing for felony murders in a case that has national implications.
Where Fire Back Means Land Back
After a 19th-century treaty left them landless, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians are reclaiming their ancestral lands鈥攁nd their traditional wildfire management practices.
Meet the Haitian Immigrants Endangered By Trump鈥檚 Racist Lies
Donald Trump鈥檚 debunked claims tap into a centuries-long racist narrative that has real impact on Haitian immigrants and Haitian Americans, in Ohio and beyond.
A Progress 2025 Vision for Immigration
Instead of Project 2025鈥檚 harsh anti-immigrant policies, here鈥檚 what a progressive, human-centered vision for immigrant rights looks like.
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