By the time Antonio Arceo answered a call from his wife’s cell phone and heard a stranger’s voice asking if he knew Roxana García, a simple run-in with the police was plunging their family into a nightmare. The stranger was a sheriff’s deputy who had stopped García
The history of New York City, and thus New York state, is bound up with the history of Black Americans—for better or worse. Some of the very first enslaved African people were brought to what was then New Amsterdam, where they were sold at what was the first slave
Media reports and commentary about President Donald Trump once again tweeting election disinformation should clearly name it as such instead of debating the merits of a meritless situation. Besides being riddled with inaccuracies about vote-by-mail, Trump’s actions and rhetoric since his 2016 campaign suggests these “safety concerns” have everything
Black people have never depended on the legal system to determine the ways we deserve to thrive. In the vision of reproductive justice created and pursued by Black women, everyone is able to live and choose to raise their families in safe and supportive communities. That means people have safe
The COVID-19 pandemic and the uprisings against policing and in defense of Black lives are exposing injustices that have existed in our society for centuries. Underrepresented, disenfranchised, and oppressed people continue to be harmed the most. The virus and police are devastating Black and Indigenous communities at disproportionate rates. Oppressed
Juneteenth celebrates the physical liberation of enslaved Black Americans, but it also highlights the tardiness of Texas in accepting progress, since Texas was the last state to free enslaved people. As a Texas organizer, I can see the same hesitation in our state’s local officials to accept the new
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the medical system in ways few individuals could have predicted. This healthcare crisis has tremendously impacted the ways upon which patients and providers interact with each other. In the context of trauma-informed care (TIC) health practices, these challenges are especially pressing. TIC practices are particularly
In May, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that in preparation for a budget shortfall, the state would be closing its remaining juvenile prisons faster than planned. Earlier in the year, Newsom had announced that the state would be phasing out its Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). When Newsom made the
The COVID-19 pandemic has left its permanent imprint on society in just a few short months and cost thousands of lives needlessly due to government inaction and negligence, ineptitude, and malice. The virus has laid bare the longstanding inequities and injustices of American society and forced the nation to confront
What a wild time to be a journalist. Over the last two weeks, cops have attacked journalists nationwide who are covering the national uprising. After undergoing a shoddy editorial process, a fascist op-ed written by right-wing Sen. Tom Cotton threatening to use the military to quell free speech was published
Content note: This article contains descriptions of suicidal thoughts and attempts “Hardship is the only language that is used here. Anybody who is able to die will be able to achieve happiness for himself, he has no other hope except that.” These were the words of Adnan Latif, formerly incarcerated
With the pandemic hitting countries regardless of gross domestic product, COVID-19 is front and center in our lives, and thus, our newsfeeds. Given financial pressures to publish “clickworthy” news, media is behaviorally rewarded for narrowing reality to what the white gaze has been trained to want, further propagating ingrained biases
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