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Thurgood Marshall Still Asks Us To Protect The Less Powerful

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Van Jones, language and the psuedo memory of national identity

Police-Free schools are necessary, as is abolishing the white supremacist state they are rooted in

Big Pharma and the prison industry are colluding to overmedicate incarcerated populations

Unelectable: Protecting the Public w/ Jeanette Taylor & Stacy Davis Gates Event

Yup. Non-profit culture and performative activism perpetuate ableism and anti-Blackness

The business of prisons and the laws that make sure they exist

Increases in police funding will not make Black people safe, it is time city leaders listened

How the myth that all Black parents give kids “the talk” about police is used to silence resistance

Mass shooters prove white supremacy doesn’t have a political party

5 tips for engaging non-voters this election

Don’t get too excited about tech advances. Many are designed to leave Black people behind

Why racial disparities in U.S. maternal health are so terrible, and what you can do about it

2020 candidates are finally talking about reparations. It’s time to deepen the debate

Why the plan to replace Rikers, or reform any prison, is doomed to perpetuate the problem

How targeting Ilhan Omar instead of white supremacy furthered both anti-Semitism & Islamophobia

Judge ignores 20 year sentencing guideline, gives former Trump chairman Manafort 4 years

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