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ICE Shut Down One Gruesome Detention Center—Then Transferred Immigrants to Another
Georgia’s Irwin Detention Center, where immigrant women were subjected to forced sterilization, is finally closing down. Now, ICE is moving detained immigrants to a private prison with a record of human rights abuses. Read more
Jun 18, 2021
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Midwest Dispatch: Minneapolis’s Lead Newspaper Gets a Pulitzer, But What About Accountability?
The Star Tribune won the prestigious award for its coverage of George Floyd’s murder, but the community is demanding that the paper be held accountable for its racist and inaccurate reporting on the killing of other Black men. Read more
Jun 17, 2021
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Have ‘Human Shields’ Accusations Become an Excuse for War Crimes?
There is a growing realization that U.S. support for Israel is hampering U.S. diplomacy. Read more
Jun 17, 2021
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Why Democracies in G7 and NATO Should Reject U.S. Leadership
When President Biden meets with the leaders of democratic countries, he represents a country that is, in many ways, an undemocratic outlier rather than a leader among democratic nations. Read more
Jun 16, 2021
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Justice Deferred: The Supreme Court’s History of Enforcing Racism
The new book “Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court,” by Orville Vernon Burton and Armand Derfner, takes a look at the racist history of our legal system. Read more
Jun 15, 2021
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How the Death Penalty Discriminates
States are reflecting on the racist history of capital punishment, but most lawmakers have done nothing about it. Read more
Jun 15, 2021
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The Other Americans: El Salvador’s Power Grab
Tensions between the United States and the Bukele administration grow as the Salvadoran congress continues to give the country’s president more power. Read more
Jun 14, 2021
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Waiting for Justice in Immigration Court
Rescinding Trump-era restrictions would only be a start toward radical reform. Read more
Jun 12, 2021
History for White People
In some cases, teachers are forbidden from teaching anything that could result in a student feeling “discomfort” or “guilt.” Read more
Jun 11, 2021
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Co-ops Weathered COVID-19 by Prioritizing People Over Profits
A documentary from The Real News Network highlights how co-ops show us what a workplace centered around democracy and dignity could look like. Read more
Jun 11, 2021
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To Hell with the Hyde Amendment
President Joe Biden is ending a four-decade-long ban on using federal health coverage for abortions. Read more
Jun 11, 2021
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The United States Is Abetting an Al Qaeda Offshoot in Northwestern Syria
Syria has been locked in a war for years, and the United States has been aiding in it. Read more
Jun 10, 2021
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‘Do Not Come’: Kamala Harris’s Harsh Message to Central American Migrants
The Vice President is now toeing the administration’s line on keeping out people fleeing danger in their home countries. Read more
Jun 10, 2021
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A People’s Vaccine Against a Mutating Virus
Around the world, we are witnessing what can happen when people rise up and act collectively for the common good—and when they don’t. Read more
Jun 9, 2021
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The Meaning of Light and Power
An interview with former Congressmember Dennis Kucinich. Read more
Jun 8, 2021
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How COVID-19 Changed the World
Lawrence Wright’s “The Plague Year” examines the failure of government during the pandemic. Read more
Jun 8, 2021
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Smart Ass Cripple: Why the ADA was Naive
You’d think that more than thirty years after the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, there’d be no more closed doors for disabled folks. That isn’t the case. Read more
Jun 7, 2021
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Activists Call for a Stop to Enbridge Line 3
The largest pipeline network in the United States is getting even bigger as construction on Lines 3 and 5 moves forward. Read more
Jun 5, 2021
Voting Enhancement
If you can’t win a majority of the votes, just undermine that majority by making it harder for minorities to vote. Read more
Jun 4, 2021
The Terrible Toll of India’s Second COVID-19 Wave
After decades of refusing to invest in health care, the Indian government has left many rural communities with few options to control the virus’s spread. Read more
Jun 3, 2021
