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Oriaku Njoku & Jill Heaviside on Abortion Rights in Georgia and Beyond
Abortions will happen, as they always have. The question is what they'll be like, for whom? If that's your question about the future, it makes sense to talk with the people who are doing the work now -- of support,
‘Resegregation Has Happened Because of Intentional Decision-Making’
"Within three months of being released from the court order, Tuscaloosa decided to break apart those integrated schools and create an entirely all-black feeder system."
‘People With a Lot of Money Are Really Determining What Culture Is’
"Museums have always been conceived of as colonial structures. They’re a reflection of the society we live in. And at the same time, we know that they can be something different."
Amin Husain on Decolonizing Museums, Nikole Hannah-Jones on School Resegregation
Cultural institutions are important sites of public conversation, but the public doesn't have much say in who gets to lead that conversation, or the stories they tell.
‘How Does the US Compensate the World for the Damage It Has Done?’
"Democratically enacted changes by democratically elected governments, in the public interest, can be overruled by unelected panels of so-called experts at the behest of a corporation."
‘Climate Change Is the Real Job Killer’
"It's the best framework that we, in labor, have seen in a very long time for advancing workers’ rights. It sets a federal jobs guarantee for people who want to go to work fighting the climate crisis, and it also provides for what they call living wage...
The Atlantic Illustrates Everything That’s Wrong With Media Coverage of Venezuela Sanctions
An Atlantic report on Trump's Venezuela policy passed up a rich opportunity to expose the humanitarian pretexts for economic intervention, and instead exhibited the worst tendencies of corporate media coverage of US policy in Latin America.
Joe Uehlein on Green New Deal, Basav Sen on Beyond the Paris Accord
There's another conversation about the Green New Deal where people take seriously the need and the possibility to center working people in the fight for the planet.
‘There Are Ways to Uplift the Resilience of Communities’
"So what does prenatal care look like when you are subjected to indefinite detention? What does giving birth look like when you're subjected to indefinite detention? What happens to your child after you give birth,
‘These Sanctions Amount to Collective Punishment Against the Entire Iranian Population’
"They have this idea that they promote, that these policies help the Iranian people, or they support the Iranian people against their authoritarian governments. When in reality, it's crippling the space needed for peaceful democratic change in Iran."