Women Are “On Fire” with Rage as Kavanaugh Joins Supreme Court
“Thousands of women protested outside the U.S. Capitol and across the country last Saturday as Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, just hours...
The “School-to-Prison Pipeline” Now Extends to Preschool
“Brett Kavanaugh is outraged at the public scrutiny of his yearbook and teenage behavior. But across the country, black and brown students are being criminalized as early as the age of 3,...
Lift Us Up: the Front Lines of the Battle for Educational Justice in America
“As Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh objects to being held accountable for his behavior in high school, we look at the criminalization of black and brown students that has led to what is...
How Society Embraces Male Denials, from Clarence Thomas to Brett Kavanaugh
“When President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testified last week before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he called Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations against him and the...
Trump Admin Targets Immigrants Using Food Stamps & Medicaid
“The Trump administration is proposing a new regulation that would make it extremely difficult for many immigrants to come to the U.S. or receive green cards if they’re considered likely to...
How Forced Prison Labor Has Generated Revenue Since the Colonial Era
“We continue our interview with award-winning journalist Shane Bauer about his new book, American Prison, which dives deep into the profit-earning motives of U.S. prisons. Starting with convict...
Immigrants Seeking Shelter after Hurricane Florence Fear Deportation
“While the worst of the Hurricane Florence is over, officials say the most dangerous flooding is yet to come for residents of the Carolinas and Virginia, as thousands have been ordered to...
Indigenous Activists Decry CA Governor’s Market-Based Climate Solutions
“Over 100 indigenous and climate justice activists staged a protest in San Francisco Tuesday outside a meeting of California Governor Jerry Brown’s Climate and Forest Task Force. Protesters...