Pregnancy in America is starting to feel like a crime
The ripple effects of the fall of Roe extend far beyond abortion. Anna North June 25, 2024 Read the full article here Vox
Author: UB Center for Urban Studies
Democrats Must Change Their Whole Approach Toward White People
Most of them are with Trump, and that’s not going to change. Instead, Democrats should target a far more winnable group of voters. Steve Phillips June 17, 2024 Read the full article here The...
Building a Labor-Climate Justice Movement
A familiar scene played out in the city council chambers of Richmond, California on May 22, 2024. For the last 20 years, since members of the anti-Chevron Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) first got elected to the...
Cracks in the Wealth Extraction System
As wealth inequality grows even more startling, a small sliver of the ultra-wealthy are organizing to distribute resources more equally.. Chuck Collins June 21, 2024 Read the full article here Inequality.org
DISPLACED TO DEATH
Encampment sweeps in unhoused communities result in thousands of unnecessary deaths every year, a former City of San Antonio outreach worker writes. Niketta Burges June 7, 2024 Read the full article here Texas Observer
The Supreme Court Wants More People to Die in Mass Shootings
This is the only possible conclusion after their decision striking down the federal ban on bump stocks. Elie Mystal Junee 14, 2024 Read the full article here The Nation
Black Americans’ mistrust of the criminal justice system
Views about the intentions of the U.S. criminal justice system have their roots in key events in the 20th century. In the convict-leasing and chain gang systems of the early 1900s, Black men were...
Juneteenth and the unfinished work of racial justice
In Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, Gen. Gordon Granger brought freedom from abstraction into reality for enslaved Africans in the District of Texas, as was already the case elsewhere in the country. F....
Oklahoma Supreme Court Dismisses Lawsuit From Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors
The survivors had sought financial reparations from the city for its failure to protect Black residents. Chris Walker June 13, 2024 Read the full article here Truthout
Historic study into why Black women have higher cancer death rates recruiting Philadelphia women
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (CBS) — The American Cancer Society has launched a historic new study to find out why Black women have high cancer death rates. Why is there a disparity in cancer deaths?...