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If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists…

If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists… If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists…

Attacking science, forcing people back to work, closing the border, suppressing the vote—the Trump/GOP strategy looks increasingly like white nationalist accelerationism.

May 15, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Artist creating a mural of Ahmaud Arbery

Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Understood White Freedom Perfectly Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Understood White Freedom Perfectly

They saw themselves as entitled to police the movements, motivations, and ultimately, the right to exist of a black stranger.

May 15, 2020 / Column / Kali Holloway

LA Tenant Protest

Los Angeles’s ‘Eviction Ban’ Doesn’t Protect Tenants Los Angeles’s ‘Eviction Ban’ Doesn’t Protect Tenants

The city’s emergency measures will only delay a huge wave of evictions until later this year.

May 14, 2020 / Jacob Woocher

The Supreme Court Has Given Its Blessing to Public Corruption

The Supreme Court Has Given Its Blessing to Public Corruption The Supreme Court Has Given Its Blessing to Public Corruption

With its Bridgegate decision, the Supreme Court put another nail in the coffin of our corruption laws.

May 14, 2020 / Elie Mystal

A women in a car with a poster reading

There Is Only One Way to Prevent Mass Deaths in Prisons: Let Them Out There Is Only One Way to Prevent Mass Deaths in Prisons: Let Them Out

A lawsuit about conditions at Danbury prison shows why it is impossible to keep the incarcerated safe.

May 14, 2020 / Daniel Fernandez

A car drives past city hall, carrying signs that read

Undocumented Workers in Coronavirus Crisis Undocumented Workers in Coronavirus Crisis

“Immigrant workers give life, give a pulse, to our economy. We need to be taken into account.”

May 14, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

SCOTUS May Have Just Decided to Exempt Trump From the Rule of Law

SCOTUS May Have Just Decided to Exempt Trump From the Rule of Law SCOTUS May Have Just Decided to Exempt Trump From the Rule of Law

During landmark oral arguments on Trump’s tax returns, conservative justices made clear they think the president is above the law.

May 13, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Police officers gathered in Hong Kong during coronavirus pandemic

What’s Next for Asia’s Social Movements? What’s Next for Asia’s Social Movements?

The pandemic gives states an excuse to clamp down on the opposition, but it will also allow protesters to build solidarity with their communities.

May 13, 2020 / Nithin Coca

Activist holding

Fight Mass Incarceration Amid the Pandemic Fight Mass Incarceration Amid the Pandemic

Fight for humane conditions in prisons and jails, demand the release of incarcerated people, and support people who have been released.  

May 12, 2020 / NationAction

Change Is Needed

Change Is Needed Change Is Needed

Normal was not working for most people.

May 11, 2020 / OppArt / Alessandra Mondolfi

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