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Why isn’t PEN America paying its incarcerated literary prize winners?

Alex Tretbar Natalye Childress
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Black undocumented immigrants are erased from immigration narratives and the larger American story

Dr. Felecia S. Russell
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Displacement is energizing Puerto Ricans in the South to organize

Ivette Román-Roberto Mayra Rivera-Vazquez
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In Gaza, Biden’s promise of swift action rings hollow

Danielle Campoamor
In Gaza, Biden’s promise of swift action rings hollow

Israel’s apartheid tech ‘is booming’

Matene Toure
Israel’s apartheid tech and arms industry ‘is booming’

We heroicize migrant workers in their deaths and deny them dignity in life

Tina Vásquez
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Israel’s war on Gaza is a war on women, children, and health care

Dr. Fozia Saleem-Rasheed
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Media Against Apartheid & Displacement uplifts journalism for a free Palestine

Lara Witt Maya Schenwar
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Death Camp USA: From Zyklon B to nitrogen hypoxia

William C. Anderson
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Why does ‘the first climate president’ fear a group of kids pushing for climate justice?

ray levy uyeda
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Is LA County really protecting access to abortion?

Los Angeles Abortion Support Collective (LAASC)
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On this National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we must resist surveillance technology like MHS

Elena Ferguson
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