Tag: race
Decarceration USA: A Roundup of Campaigns to Close Local Jails
Across the US, there is growing understanding that many local jails are grossly outdated ...
A Determined Group of Newark Residents Fights for Clean Drinking Water
On the streets of Newark, New Jersey, a fledgling group of community activists has ...
Watch: Congresswoman Barbara Lee Urges Cannabis Justice
On November 9, Representative Barbara Lee (D) of California’s 13th Congressional district (“the wokest ...
The Cash Bail System Is an Abusive Anachronism
Even for the Trump era, it sounds like an extraordinary lapse in political decorum. ...
Eric Garner’s Mother Speaks Out Against Proposed NYC Menthols Ban
Gwendolyn Carr, the mother of Eric Garner—who was killed by NYPD police officer Daniel ...
The Consequences of an Incompetent First Step Act Rollout
Timothy Walker, 52, enjoys cooking and used to own a food truck in Philadelphia ...
The Women Wrongfully Convicted by Drug War Prosecutors
Any wrongful conviction is a human tragedy,” tweeted Sister Helen Prejan, a renowned author ...
Even Insured Black Gay Men Still Aren’t Getting Equal Access to PrEP
There’s a pill that can prevent new HIV infections—but, among queer men, it still ...
Ed Buck Charged With Felonies After Third Black Man OD-ed at His Home
Over the past two years, three Black gay men have overdosed (or overamped) on ...
How America’s War on Drugs and War on Terror Go Hand-in-Hand
The United States has not always been committed to upholding opium prohibition in Afghanistan. ...
