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Her Former Colleagues Called In a “Wellness Check.” Then Police Shot Her to Death.
The killing of Sandy Guardiola at the hands of a cop illustrates the limitations of brutal, armed police responding to community needs.
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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Facebook's Ban on Far-Left Pages Is an Extension of Trump Propaganda
Facebook announced a sweep to ban some user groups — and it equated violent white supremacist militias with antiracist organizing.
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Ted Cruz's Hearing on Anarchist Protest Violence Was a Total Farce
Cruz kept mentioning Democrats’ failure to condemn a murder that was actually carried out by the far right — and refused to be corrected.
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The New Fight to Hold Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers Accountable for the Opioid Crisis
Victim advocates fear that bankruptcy will shield the drugmaker from justice, but they’re not giving up.
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Instead of Freeing Elderly Prisoners in Response to Coronavirus, Cuomo Created a Prison Nursing Home Way Upstate
A case of the coronavirus has already been reported at the nursing home prison.
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No ID, No Job: How Coronavirus Left Parolees in Excruciating Limbo After Leaving Prison
With basic government services shut down, people granted parole are unable to get on their feet after leaving prison.
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De Blasio's Fireworks Crackdown Is the Same Violent "Quality of Life" Policing That Got Us Here in the First Place
To desire the policing of the fireworks over the presence of the fireworks is to stand on the wrong side of history.
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Supreme Court Upholds Trans People’s Workplace Protections — but Trans Lives Remain Under Constant Threat
The ruling was a necessary victory, but anti-transgender discrimination and violence remain firmly embedded in American life.
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Trump’s Threats to Antifa Are an Affront to Black Agency and a Risk to All Protest
Liberal voices claiming to support racial justice and oppose Trump have offered support for the pernicious “outside agitator” narrative.
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New York Appealed to Keep an Elderly Prisoner Behind Bars — Then He Got Coronavirus
Muntaqim, after a half-century behind bars, posed no risk to society, so a judge ordered him free. But the government’s appeal instead risked his life.