Akil Harris
Akil Harris is a Senior Research Engineer at First Look Media.
Trump EPA Invited Companies to Revise Pollution Records of a Potent Carcinogen
After ethylene oxide was shown to be 30 times more carcinogenic than previously thought, polluters began rewriting their toxic history — with the EPA’s help.
Millions of Leaked Police Files Detail Suffocating Surveillance of China’s Uyghur Minority
Invasive digital monitoring and community informants drive a system all too ready to classify Muslims in Ürümqi as extremists and terrorists.
The Coronavirus CrisisHow Trump’s Deportation Flights Are Putting Latin America and the Caribbean at Risk
The U.S. has forged ahead with deportations amid the pandemic, creating a petri dish for the virus in crowded ICE facilities and then exporting it overseas.
Protests for Black LivesSystemic Racism Poses a Far Greater Public Health Threat Than Protests Against Police Violence
Whatever impacts the protests have on coronavirus infection rates, they won’t match the massive measurable health toll of racism on communities of color.