Racial & Gender Justice Archives - Page 2 of 16

Report: the Detention Drain

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400 Years After Slavery, No More Band-Aids

It’s time to heal the deep wounds of racism — not only to ensure equity for African Americans, but for our entire economy.

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What It’s Like to Grow Up Hunted

Josue De Luna Navarro

When I was just 10, I already knew what it was like to plan for a future without my parents.

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Trump’s Public Charge Rule Is an Attack on Legal Immigrants

Michael Paarlberg

After demonizing undocumented immigration, Trump’s new public charge rule targets legal immigrants on the basis of income and race.

Mass Shootings, Economic Inequality, and a Racist President

John Feffer

Three mass shootings in one week, homelessness abound, and a liar who hurls racist rhetoric from the White House stoop. America needs a course correction.

For True Climate Justice, Abolish ICE and CBP

Josue De Luna Navarro

Lawmakers say frontline communities should be at the heart of the Green New Deal. They must include current and future undocumented immigrants.

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US Jews on Trump’s Camps: ‘Never again’

Hana Sarfan

I’m not saying the events of the Holocaust are repeating themselves right now. I’m saying that, as a Jew, I carry with me the memory of what can happen when everyday people allow our leaders to scapegoat an entire community.

In the US Killing Fields, We’re Way Past ‘Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough’

Phyllis Bennis

The mass shootings aren’t just symptoms of guns or mental illness, but also of Trump promoting and encouraging white supremacy, racism, and xenophobia.