Racism and Discrimination

How to Fight Decades of Environmental Racism

How to Fight Decades of Environmental Racism How to Fight Decades of Environmental Racism

The NRDC’s new head of justice and equity talks about what environmental justice means, and how community power-building is essential to that work.

Jun 28, 2022 / Q&A / Danielle Renwick

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Letters From the July 11/18, 2022, Issue Letters From the July 11/18, 2022, Issue

Not just a women’s issue… How we win… Collective power…

Jun 28, 2022 / Our Readers

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The NYU Policing Project’s Dirty Money Dilemma The NYU Policing Project’s Dirty Money Dilemma

A coalition of law students at New York University has condemned the nonprofit for partnering with various police technology, surveillance, and weaponry companies.

Jun 27, 2022 / StudentNation / Ruqaiyah Zarook

People Who Have Abortions vs. the Police

People Who Have Abortions vs. the Police People Who Have Abortions vs. the Police

It’s time to pick a side.

Jun 23, 2022 / Renee Bracey Sherman

Farm workers mmarch to protest the H2-A guestworker program

Reviving the Bracero Program Is the Wrong Answer for Workers Reviving the Bracero Program Is the Wrong Answer for Workers

Not even Biden’s own Labor Department believes that the administration’s proposal to bring in more seasonal farm labor will improve working conditions.

Jun 23, 2022 / David Bacon

Reverend Barber speaking in front of signs

Why the Poor People’s Campaign 2022 Matters Why the Poor People’s Campaign 2022 Matters

On the nonviolent struggle to end poverty, racism, militarism and planetary crisis.

Jun 21, 2022 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Girls dance outside the Brooklyn Library.

Keeping Juneteenth Radical Keeping Juneteenth Radical

Crass commercialization of a holiday is as American as a Labor Day sale, and so it is up to us to keep the true spirit of Juneteenth alive.

Jun 20, 2022 / Robert Greene II

The Problem of the Supreme Court

The Problem of the Supreme Court The Problem of the Supreme Court

It’s time to admit that the nation’s highest court has been a source of harm more often than it’s been a force for justice.

Jun 20, 2022 / Feature / Louis Michael Seidman

Anti-gun protest

As a Former Gun Owner, I Support Gun Control As a Former Gun Owner, I Support Gun Control

That means that you can’t enjoy the privileges of the past—and that’s a good thing.

Jun 15, 2022 / Robert Lipsyte

Linda Villarosa

Linda Villarosa on the Impact of the Racist Health Care System on “Every Body” Linda Villarosa on the Impact of the Racist Health Care System on “Every Body”

In her new book, Under the Skin, the journalist dismantles the notion that the health crisis facing Black Americans is an individual problem.

Jun 14, 2022 / Q&A / Regina Mahone

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