Introduced last week, the THRIVE agenda proposes a set of economic policy prescriptions that shift the American imagination of what is possible in legislation. Demanding a bold economic agenda, members of Congress joined a grassroots coalition and labor unions in setting forth the THRIVE agenda in response to the current
A complicated picture is emerging of both the doctor accused of sterilizing detained women without their consent and the nurse who brought the information to light. The American public has expressed shock and disgust over the alleged actions of Mahendra Amin, the Georgia gynecologist accused of performing unnecessary hysterectomies on
Under the Trump administration, reproductive injustice has run rampant inside the federal immigration system—stretching far beyond the family separation policy at the border. A complaint filed yesterday sheds light on a new atrocity: Women detained at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Georgia have allegedly been sterilized without
A new documentary premiering Sept. 15 on PBS will ensure that you never look at construction the same way again. Produced and directed by Texas filmmaker Chelsea Hernandez, Building the American Dream tells the story of Texas’ deadly construction industry through the tragedies and triumphs of immigrant and mixed-status
First-time voters in Tennessee can now vote by mail for the November election. On Wednesday, a federal court judge ordered a temporary suspension of a law prohibiting first-time voters who register by mail or online from voting by mail. “This is an important victory for Tennessee voters wishing
Systemic racism, health disparities, and bias can lead to devastating maternal care experiences for people of color
With a court appeal still in process, formerly incarcerated Floridians and allies are mobilizing to restore voting rights to thousands ahead of the November election. Led by Desmond Meade, the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC) works with formerly incarcerated citizens in restoring their voting rights. “A person’s economic status
During a year marked by a highly consequential election and a deadly pandemic, recent attacks on the United States Postal Service (USPS) have illuminated the necessity of the postal service for both ensuring electoral justice and providing much needed supplies to the nation’s most vulnerable communities. Among those communities
As COVID-19 cases surge in California, one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world, it is laborers who are paying the biggest price. Agricultural workers, many of them migrants and the children of immigrants, endure harsh working conditions to keep America fed, and they are among those
It has been almost eight months since the first COVID-19 cases hit the United States and there has been a national shift in how essential workers are viewed. Once heroic headlines—uplifting the workers who kept the country running and fed—are now bleak. Essential workers are being treated
Georgia voters may have more time for their absentee ballots to be counted if a recent federal court decision stands. Earlier this week, U.S. District Court Judge Eleanor Ross ruled that absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within three days will count for the general election. “There
Black sex workers are struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic, yet their needs are being ignored by the government and society at large. Sex workers have been singled out as being ineligible for relief funds by the U.S. Small Business Administration, even those who perform legal forms of
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