Mark P. Fancher is a human rights attorney, writer, and activist. Over the course of his 36-year career he has fought: police misconduct, over-incarceration, employment discrimination, racially discriminatory school discipline,
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Dear Reader, I am writing this letter to you three weeks before Election Day. I don’t know the outcome, but you do. From where I sit, even if the ultimate
Kathleen Macferran is a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication. She works internationally, helping communities and organizations strengthen communication and transform conflict. Kathleen Macferran Menomonie, Wisconsin What are
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“Strategic discrimination” is a subtle yet pervasive behavior that keeps people from voting for women and people of color.
“There’s something about immigrants that makes us almost expansive in our thinking, because in our neighborhood, the world meets.”
Living in the United States, I came to understand the ancient Mexican tradition of honoring the dead.
Federal law enforcement is concerned that the violent opposition to civil rights demonstrations and pandemic safety measures may foreshadow violence on Election Day or soon after. West Virginia officials are downplaying the threat.
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Author Sady Doyle says LGTBQ teens need more representation in horror. So they wrote the book they’d wished they’d read when they were young.
How Nick and Jenny summoned the Devil and ushered in the apocalypse before they graduated from high school. (Also, they’re sorry about that.)
“We have every right to do our jobs and represent our communities without fearing for our safety.”
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, five quick tips that really do work!
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The founders of this nation did many things, but establishing democracy was not one of them. That’s our job.
We need to make it easier to understand basic climate science and emissions reductions.
There are some positive signs, but otherwise this is still the biggest trash fire of an election since… well, since 2016.
When Trump signed the “Muslim ban,” lawyer Tahmina Watson recruited a small army to provide free legal aid to immigrants. Then came the family separation policy.
The application deadline is Nov. 8, 2020.
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