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Political issues and decisions that shape society.

Hunger Strike Continues at ICE Detention Centers
A protester in front of a detention center holds a pink sign that reads, "Retaliation from ICE for hunger strike."

Hunger Strike Continues at ICE Detention Centers
Andrew Lee
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Immigrants in two for-profit detention centers in California are on a hunger strike against the “abhorrent” conditions in the facilities.

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Criminal Legal System Immigration Social Justice
1500 1294 Andrew Lee
How Officials Failed East Palestine Long Before the Derailment
An aerial view of the Norfolk Southern freight train derailment in East Palestine. Train cars covered in black dust are scattered along the track in a rural area.

How Officials Failed East Palestine Long Before the Derailment
Dominique Stewart
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Railroad workers warned that a wreck like a derailment in East Palestine would occur unless officials mitigated railroad companies’ power.

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Environment Neighborhoods Politics
1574 1016 Dominique Stewart
Who is “White”? How the Supreme Court Helped Constructed Our Definition of Race
Two sepia-tone photographs of Bhagat Singh Thind. One the left, a battalion of soldiers stand together. On the right, Thind poses with a rifle in hand.

Who is “White”? How the Supreme Court Helped Constructed Our Definition of Race
Dominique Stewart
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The U.S. legal system played a vital role in constructing the country’s understanding of race and whiteness, as was the case of Bhagat Singh Thind.

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Immigration Politics
2228 1266 Dominique Stewart
Protecting Disabled Students’ Legal Recourse Against Discrimination
A close up of a school bus with the reflection of a brick building in the windows.

Protecting Disabled Students’ Legal Recourse Against Discrimination
Dominique Stewart
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The outcome of the Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools case will affect the redress disabled students have in resolving disability rights violations from schools.

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Disability Justice Education Politics
2400 1500 Dominique Stewart
An “Unacceptable Escalation” Against Peaceful Protestors
A group of people in a forest with their faces blurred out pose next to a cloth sign that says, "Atlanta Forest to Strefi Hill and the squats of Athens Greece defend free spaces."

An “Unacceptable Escalation” Against Peaceful Protestors
Andrew Lee
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A protest movement to stop Cop City and protect an Atlanta forest continues despite a brutal police raid on the protest encampment.

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Environment Politics
1672 1230 Andrew Lee
Movement on the Fight for Reparations
A canopy of trees line the walkway towards the main house on a plantation.

Movement on the Fight for Reparations
Nicole Cardoza
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Cities and states are developing unprecedented reparations initiatives to address economic inequities and historical injustice against Black people.

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Money Politics
2400 1524 Nicole Cardoza
How Population Collapse Revived a Pro-Birth Movement
A person in a holds a newborn to their chest with a blanket covering them both.

How Population Collapse Revived a Pro-Birth Movement
Dominique Stewart
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Concerns of an imminent population collapse stoke fear that humanity is about to face its biggest threat due to declining birth rates globally.

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Health Immigration Politics
2400 1600 Dominique Stewart
Protecting the Water Rights of Indigenous People
A person cups hands out as water from an outdoor spigot pours into it.

Protecting the Water Rights of Indigenous People
Tiffany Onyejiaka
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Historically, the United States government has stripped, ignored, and infringed on the water rights of Indigenous communities.

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Environment Health Politics Social Justice
2400 1600 Tiffany Onyejiaka
Moving Past Acknowledgment to Rematriation
View of the Grand Teton Mountain Range in Jackson, Wyoming, during sunset.

Moving Past Acknowledgment to Rematriation
Nicole Cardoza
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Initiatives like land rematriation aren’t just reparations but a clear way to dismantle white supremacy and center Indigenous communities.

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History Neighborhoods Politics
2400 1567 Nicole Cardoza
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