The fight to Defund the Police didn’t end with the 2020 election
by Indianna TaylorThis story was originally published at Prism.Last year the call to create change by defunding the police could be heard from all over. It was meant as a step forward to re-envision...
View ArticlePregnancy is no temporary burden
by Ashton LattimoreThis article was originally published at Prism Pregnancy is right up there with aging on the list of human experiences that will permanently change a person’s body. Scars and...
View ArticleKeeping Rikers open fuels a humanitarian crisis that must stop
by Reina SultanThis article was originally published at PrismOn Jan. 8, about 200 people incarcerated at Rikers Island began a hunger strike to protest the abysmal conditions at the jail. This is the...
View ArticleEric Adams is the latest Democrat to choose increased policing over real safety
by Reina SultanThis article was originally published at PrismEric Adams began his tenure as New York City’s mayor making explicitly pro-policing and -incarceration promises, with a so-called...
View ArticleUnlimited paid time off is a disability justice issue that needs to be taken...
by K AgbebiyiThis article was originally published at PrismPeople with chronic pain know that familiar feeling of dread that happens during a period of particularly heightened pain, typically referred...
View ArticleEnvisioning systems where families are supported, not policed
by Cynthia GutierrezThis article was originally published at PrismThe 2020 uprisings against police brutality and state-sanctioned violence pushed more people to recognize how police forces...
View ArticleBook bans are the result of white fear of a changing world
by George M. JohnsonThis article was originally published at Prism.Across the country, the recent uptick in the banning of books written by marginalized people, especially Black queer authors, has...
View ArticleFor Muslims, the fight for an abolitionist future is necessary for survival
by Mommina TararThis article was originally published at PrismYusuf Kadhafi Al Basir Mu’min had been incarcerated in Garner Correctional Institution for 15 years when he was released last December....
View ArticleICE prison in South Georgia should be shut down, not expanded
by Meredyth L. Yoon and Azadeh ShahshahaniThis article was originally published at Prism.Neal, a Jamaican citizen who owned and operated a yacht servicing company for 25 years in South Florida, has...
View ArticleA resurging union movement must reckon with anti-Blackness
Black workers have always been part of the labor movement, but unions must prioritize anti-racist practices and make room for Black leadership.By Brenton ZolaThis article was originally published at...
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Opinion: NYT Op-Ed Wrongly Says Small-Dollar Political Donations Are the Real...
Thomas B. Edsall, an American journalist and academic, wrote an outlandish opinion piece in the New York Times that claims small-dollar donations to political candidates are the real problem, not big...
View ArticleThe Common Good, Today
This article from The Daily Montanan is republished under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 It is asking a very worthwhile question about the balance of individual and public good, and what...
View ArticleWe are national health leaders. We can’t risk a Trump presidency.
I would appreciate your reposting this OpEd which we published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution on Wednesday. The article is offered by 20 retired Assistant Surgeons General who expressed deep...
View ArticleBernie calls out Oligarchy in Fox News op-ed. More evidence of for-profit...
It's not just the billionaire ownership and control over the economy and the media that should concern us. The uber-rich are also buying our government and undermining American democracy. Yes,...
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