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The Supreme Court Amidst Next Week’s Election
It seemed all of America was metaphorically holding its breath on the ailing health of Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Her presence on the Supreme Court had become a saving grace in…
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Breonna and Brutality: Why Aren’t Black Women Receiving Justice?
Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American woman and medical worker from Louisville, Kentucky, was shot and killed by armed police officers during a botched drug raid on her apartment. Only one…
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Virtual School Is Bringing the Carceral State Into Students’ Homes
Last August, a Black seventh-grader in Colorado had the police called to his home for showing a toy gun to his virtual art class. His parents weren’t notified until the…
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White People, Why Is It So Hard to Dump Your Racist Friends?
Following the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement became more powerful than ever. The country reached its boiling point: the streets were…
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COVID-19 and the Prison Industrial Complex
It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted people of color and poor people, both in their likelihood of losing employment and in contracting the virus. These impacts…
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Yes, We Said “Eat the Rich”
I read a post last month informing me that even if I started saving $10,000 a week when the Egyptian pyramids were built, I still wouldn’t be as rich as…
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Coastal Supremacy Is Classist (And a Little Racist)
When Donald Trump was elected in 2016, a not-so-uncommon conversation in my Northern California town was whether or not California should secede from the Union. “We’d have the ninth highest…
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