How a Former Death Row Prisoner and a Murder Victim's Daughter Joined Together To Fight the Death Penalty
In the official narrative of capital punishment, there are victims and there are victimizers. The reality is far more complicated.
334 posts found for ‘campus protest’
CNN Submits to Right-Wing Outrage Mob, Fires Marc Lamont Hill Due to His “Offensive” Defense of Palestinians at the U.N.
Those who demand that adults be shielded from “offensive” and “traumatic” viewpoints are as craven and toxic as they are authoritarian.
How a Movement That Never Killed Anyone Became the FBI’s No. 1 Domestic Terrorism Threat
Behind the scenes, corporate lobbying laid the groundwork for the Justice Department’s aggressive pursuit of so-called eco-terrorists.
What Elizabeth Warren Still Doesn't Get
Rather than defend her Native ancestry, Warren should acknowledge that diversity means more than genetics.
The Fossil Fuel Industry Spent $100 Million to Kill Green Ballot Measures in Three States — and Won
One clear takeaway from the ballot initiatives in Arizona, Colorado, and Washington state is that fossil fuel money can buy elections.
A Texas Elementary School Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath, Now Mandatory in Many States — so She Lost Her Job
A major attack on the First Amendment: No credible advocate of free expression can remain silent about this “free speech exception for Israel.”
This College Is Charging Students With Trespassing For Holding a Peaceful, On-Campus Protest
A month after an on-campus protest in upstate New York, a college charged protest organizers with trespassing, failure to comply, and operating a business.
Young Democrats at 40 College Campuses Call for Boycott of the DCCC
Led by the Harvard College Democrats, students are protesting the DCCC’s policy of blacklisting consultants who work with primary challengers.
IBM Used NYPD Surveillance Footage to Develop Technology That Lets Police Search by Skin Color
New York City served as IBM’s “primary testing area” for developing software that enables police to search surveillance video footage for skin color.
The EPA’s Bungled Response to an Air Pollution Crisis Exposes a Toxic Racial Divide
How government responds to cancer-causing air pollution depends a lot on where you live and the color of your skin.