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The Bronx Fire Was Not Only a Tragedy, but Also a Housing Injustice
The fire, New York's deadliest in decades, shows why pandemic-era housing policy Band-Aids aren't enough.
Natasha Lennard
Natasha Lennard is a columnist for The Intercept. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Bookforum, and the New York Times, among others. She is the associate director of the Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism graduate program at the New School for Social Research in New York. She is the author of “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life.”
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Eligible for Release in 2016, Mutulu Shakur Remains Behind Bars With Worsening Cancer
Judicial discretion and an antiquated parole system are turning the Black liberation leader’s illness into a death sentence.
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An Animal Rights Activist Saved a Sick Baby Goat From a Farm — and Faces Years in Prison
Wayne Hsiung faces felony charges — an escalation in the government's war against those who would put the value of life ahead of property.
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Cases Over Far-Right Violence Show Limits — and Opportunities — for Anti-Fascism in the Courts
The Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial and the civil suit against organizers of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville hold lessons about fighting fascism with the law.
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A Florida Anarchist Will Spend Years in Prison for Online Posts Prompted by Jan. 6 Riot
Daniel Baker’s calls for armed defense against possible far-right attacks led to a much harsher sentence than that facing most insurrectionists.
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What Else Biden Can — and Should — Do to Fight the Texas Abortion Ban
The judicial back-and-forth on the abortion law shows why the Justice Department's lawsuit against Texas won't be enough.
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Sarah Everard’s Killer Got a Life Sentence, but the System That Enabled Him Remains
Even after Wayne Couzens’s crime, U.K. Parliament is considering a bill to give police greater authority to arrest people.
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Four Months Ago, Biden Said Haiti Wasn’t Safe. Now He’s Deporting Thousands There.
The Biden administration is using a Trump-era policy to justify mass deportations — only Biden is doing it at a faster pace.
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The Supreme Court Will Not Save Us From the Decimation of Abortion Rights
With Texas all but banning abortion and endorsing a repugnant vigilantism, we need to look for other ways to protect access to abortion.
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Supreme Court Ended Eviction Moratorium, but Pandemic Has Shown Road Map for Fighting Back
The Supreme Court callously ended the CDC’s eviction moratorium, but the pandemic has already shown the most effective way to fight back: direct actions.