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Meet the Tucson 12: Under Trump, Protesters Are Being Hit With Felony Riot Charges
In another crackdown on dissent in the Trump era, protesters against a prison in Arizona were hit with severe charges.
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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Trump Says Native American Heritage Month Is Also for the White Men Who Stole Their Land
Commemorating the “founders” of America at the same time as Native Heritage Month adds insult to a long history of injury against Indigenous people.
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Here's How Easily New York Could Become the First Major U.S. City to End Solitary Confinement
There’s a blueprint for getting rid of solitary confinement that requires only a few basic steps from the mayor and city bureaucracies.
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The Trump Administration Is Fighting at the Supreme Court to Let Employers Fire Queer and Trans Workers
Three cases before the Supreme Court threaten to gut sex discrimination laws. Already imperiled transgender and queer workers could be the hardest hit.
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Trump Attacked the Women of Color Who Led the Push for Impeachment. Then CNN Erased Them.
Instead, CNN promoted a group of white women who came late to impeachment as crucial actors in the fight.
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Ecocide Should Be Recognized as a Crime Against Humanity, but We Can't Wait for The Hague to Judge
Climate justice won't be possible without bringing down the powerful actors standing in the way of cutting emissions and production.
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In Secretive Court Hearing, NYPD Cops Who Raped Brooklyn Teen in Custody Get No Jail Time
Two NYPD cops coerced Anna Chambers into sex in exchange for her freedom. A judge just gave them no jail time.
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The NYPD Finally Fired the Cop Who Killed Eric Garner — but the Police Reaction Shows How Little Will Change
The decision will not alter the entrenched police ideology that allows for deaths like Garner’s — showing why reform will be slow and tough.
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The El Paso Shooter Embraced Eco-Fascism. We Can’t Let the Far Right Co-Opt the Environmental Struggle.
Eco-fascism has seen a notable reemergence among far-right groups and festering corners online in the U.S. and Europe.
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Acosta Says Epstein Deal Was in a “Different World” — But His Labor Department Still Makes Trafficking Victims Suffer
At the Department of Labor, Alex Acosta continues to ensure that those vulnerable to trafficking and exploitation are made more vulnerable still.