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Letter from Leonard Peltier
"I believe that this President is my last hope for freedom, and I will surely die here if I am…
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Western NY demands justice for India Cummings
The death of India Cummings has not come without anger and resistance from the people.
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Militant Journalism
Broad coalition takes on Missouri’s HIV criminalization law
The vilification and criminalization of disease is only possible in the most polarized society.
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A product of struggle: Court ruling on mandatory life sentences for children
This victory was not a gift from the Supreme Court, but a product of years of intense organizing and struggle…
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Assata Shakur on capitalism, socialism and anti-communism
"Capitalism meant that rich businessmen owned the wealth, while socialism meant that the people who made the wealth owned it."
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‘Went in like Gestapo’–Sonoma sheriffs’ bloody rampage
Sonoma County deputies' sadistic assault on jail inmates
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Immigrants strike against conditions at detention center in Arizona
The hunger strikers are calling for an independent investigation into Deniz-Sahagún’s death, improved conditions, access to legal resources and an…
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40 reasons our jails and prisons are full of Black and poor people
What does it say about our society that it uses its jails and prisons as the primary detention facilities for…
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Human Rights Watch report decries widespread abuse of mentally disabled prisoners in the U.S.
Human Rights Watch published a report May 12 that detailed the physical abuse endured by prison and jail inmates who…
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Still no justice-Police tortured Natasha McKenna to death
An investigation has released the outrageous details of her death: McKenna was literally shackled and chained when she was shocked…
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