Khury Petersen-Smith and Rebecca Vilkomerson discuss racism and security, and how the coronavirus pandemic gives us an opportunity to redefine security.
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Leadership Programs
In order to sustain the movement, we need to continuing growing new generations of social justice leaders and infuse their ideas to ensure our work stays on the cutting edge. Our Next Leaders internship program and our various professional Fellowship programs help sharpen young voices and new ideas through training and mentoring, and provide emerging activist-scholars with an intellectual home.
Latest Work
Open the Borders. Open the Prison Gates. Don’t Sacrifice a Single Person to This Virus.
Closed borders and ICE raids mean crowded detention centers and camps, which is always inhumane. In a pandemic, it’s a global public health threat.
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We Need Health Care for All — Even the Undocumented
If we can learn one thing from the pandemic, it’s that the United States must provide high-quality health care for all — including undocumented immigrants.
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If You Think Coronavirus Profiteering Is Bad, Wait Till the Climate Heats Up
From coronavirus testing to treating health impacts of climate change, universal healthcare and publicly owned production of medicine are key to adaptation.
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Trump Has Shattered the Bipartisan Consensus on Israel — and That’s a Good Thing
Recent years have seen growth in solidarity with Palestinians as many question support for Israel.
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Ending the Myth That Trump Is Ending the Wars
Trump has sent more new troops to the Middle East than he’s bringing home from Afghanistan.
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Billionaires: A Visual Explainer
An illustrated look at a system allowing billionaire wealth to balloon, all at the expense of everything else we care about.
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How Cruelty at the Mexican Border Became an American Export
The southward expansion of US border enforcement has been happening for years. Now we’re exporting Trump-era cruelty too.
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Our Last Decade to Get Climate Right
In the climate talks to come, we need more youth, indigenous, and civil society groups — and fewer oil companies.
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If Ireland Can Get Out of Fossil Fuels, Your Town Can Too
Almost 900 cities, universities, and governments have divested over $6 trillion from the fossil fuel industry. Why not yours?
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Reports
New Mexico’s Case for Public Ownership of its Clean Energy Infrastructure
Any energy transition that doesn’t guarantee a pathway to public ownership perpetuates inequality and wealth extraction from New Mexicans .
Rain and Sunshine and Wind
How an Energy Transition Could Power Nebraska
Reimagining School Safety
A look at the dangers posed to students by law enforcement and how to invest in real school safety for our nation’s children.