Politics & Democracy

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How disabled advocates are working toward justice during Disability Pride Month

Organizers say Disability Pride is not just one month—it’s about commitment to disability justice

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4 Min
By: Elly Belle

SCOTUS abortion decision also threatens migrants’ right to travel

If civil rights depend on explicit Constitutional mention and citizenship, it opens the door to barring migrants and restricting movement

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4 Min
By: César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández

Texas undocumented students decry governor’s attacks on Plyer v. Doe

Gov. Greg Abbott recently said he plans to challenge the case, which made public education accessible to all students regardless of immigration status

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4 Min
By: Aina Marzia

US military activity in Hawai’i harms the environment and erodes Native sovereignty

The military’s abuse of Hawai’i’s land and sea and its impact on climate change is part of the ongoing oppression of Native Hawaiians

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8 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

More people are dying of COVID under Biden than Trump, and it didn’t have to be this way

Despite Biden’s campaign promises, the administration has abandoned COVID precautions and infrastructure, leading to a higher COVID death count than under Trump

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5 Min
By: Steven W. Thrasher

Abortion clinics in conservative states are moving out of state to provide care

As soon as the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case last year, abortion clinics in conservative states knew moving would be unpreventable. Since then, the nightmares of clinic owners and abortion providers have come true, as abortion bans have been implemented

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4 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Two opposing court rulings have put deportation guidelines back in limbo

The fate of immigrants attempting to migrate to the U.S. is now in the hands of ICE

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3 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Sex workers continue to organize despite political hostility and broken promises

Sex workers face hostility, from electoral politics to the dehumanizing carceral state, but continue to organize with and for each other

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6 Min
By: Adrie Rose

High-speed police pursuits have no place in public safety

A deadly Oakland police chase is just the latest example of why the reckless practice needs to end

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4 Min
By: Cat Brooks

Indigenous tribes and the environment pay the price for California’s new reservoirs

Environmental advocates warn that more artificial reservoirs could further imbalance waterways already damaged by the ongoing drought

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11 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

Drag queens are being harassed and threatened in the wake of anti-drag legislation

Proposed legislation to criminalize youth-friendly drag shows has led some drag queens to fear for their safety

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6 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Supreme Court guts EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions

Frontline BIPOC communities prepare to fight pollution under a weakened Clean Air Act

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8 Min
By: ray levy uyeda

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