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Across the Country, Progressives Are Pushing for Universal Rent Control — and New York Is Next
What was once a left-wing pipe dream of “universal rent control” is on the table in a package of nine bills.
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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What Joe Biden’s (Non-)Apology to Anita Hill Reveals About Him
Joe Biden’s ill-conceived outreach to Anita Hill revealed his inability to take responsibility and challenge patriarchal abuse.
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Why Philly's Reformist Prosecutor Finally Supports Letting Mumia Abu-Jamal's Appeal Go Forward
Activists were angry when Philly DA Larry Krasner initially objected to Mumia Abu-Jamal’s path to a new appeal, but Krasner changed course last week.
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Florida Is Poised to Create an Anti-“Trafficking” Registry That Will Inevitably Hurt Sex Workers
Campaigns to decriminalize sex work are gaining ground, but states like Florida are instead cracking down.
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Two NYPD Cops Coerced Sex With a Teen in Their Custody — and Prosecutors Just Dropped Rape Charges
"They were cops, they raped her, and they’re getting away with it. Look at the message this sends to the public.”
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Chelsea Manning Fights Subpoena — Showing How Federal Grand Juries Are Unaccountable Tools of Repression
Chelsea Manning’s decision to fight her subpoena is an act of resistance against government repression and in defense of a free press.
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"One of the Most Taboo Conversations" — New Yorkers Push to Decriminalize Sex Work
To fight for the decriminalization of sex work is to fight for and with society’s most vulnerable and marginalized communities.
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Amazon Pullout Shows What Anti-Capitalist Organizing and Leftist Politicians Can Do
New York's old Democratic order — in the vein of Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio — backed Amazon's move, while a new crop of social democrats bucked it.
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Why the Justice Department Can’t Be Trusted to Investigate Abysmal Conditions in Federal Prisons
“This recent crisis at MDC has brought new attention to an old reality. What has taken place at MDC is not exceptional.”
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The Rape of Anna Chambers Led to a Change in New York Law — but She Can't Benefit From It
A Brooklyn teen was raped by NYPD officers. Her story led to a change in the law around rape in police custody — but the change won't affect her case.