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Prison Strike Organizer Warns: Brutal Prison Conditions Risk "Another Attica"
Incarcerated people in 17 states will refuse to work, spend, and in some cases, eat, in protest of “modern-day slavery.”
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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Police Unions' Opposition to Prison Reform Is About More Than Jobs — It's About Racism
A prison guard union doesn't want incarcerated people to have tablets — and it's about preserving a system of mass incarceration.
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In the J20 Trials, the Feds Said They Went After “Bad Protesters.” That Just Means Another Crackdown on Dissent.
Despite not winning jury convictions, putting hundreds on trial is sure to chill dissent — and the crackdown is only just beginning.
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A Year Later, the Fascists of Charlottesville Are Back for More — This Time Outside the White House
White nationalists will wrap themselves in free speech — trying to deny them permits is useless. Instead, what's needed is vigorous counterprotest.
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The Misogynistic Logic of Jeff Sessions’s Horrifying New Asylum Policy For Domestic Violence Victims
Attorney General Jeff Sessions dismissed domestic violence as a “private” crime — compounding his anti-immigrant stance with misogyny.
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Law Claiming to Fight Sex Trafficking Is Doing the Opposite — By Cracking Down on Sex Work Advocacy and Organizing
Laws like SESTA-FOSTA are not only making sex work more dangerous, but criminalizing the very organizing and advocacy that would help sex workers stay safe.
Call Congress’s “Blue Lives Matter” Bills What They Are: Another Attack on Black Lives
The bills exemplify the very worst sort of legislation: at once unnecessary and pernicious.
How the NYPD Union Is Manufacturing Outrage About a 70-Year-Old Black Panther’s Parole
The NYPD union claims hundreds of thousands of letters were sent to oppose Herman Bell’s parole, but fewer than 6,000 people sent them all.
Andrew Cuomo's Order on Voting Rights Shows the Strength of a Challenge From the Left
Cynthia Nixon is scoring progressive victories just by showing up for the race.
Why the NYPD Killing of Saheed Vassell Has Locals Worried About Gentrification in Brooklyn
Saheed Vassell, a black man with mental health issues, was well known to many neighbors — but not the people who called the NYPD on him.