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Displacement is energizing Puerto Ricans in the South to organize

Ivette Román-Roberto Mayra Rivera-Vazquez
color photograph of an outdoor protest on the steps of a government building. people hold up a poster of a puerto rican flag

Cooking in prison is a way to feel free

William Daniels
color digital collage of two hands reaching toward the center from opposite corners. between them is a bowl of chicken soup

Columbia students speak out about suspension over pro-Palestine event

Sravya Tadepalli
Columbia students speak out about suspension over pro-Palestine event

Attorneys file first brief urging Supreme Court to overturn Dobbs

Alexandra Martinez
Attorneys file first brief urging Supreme Court to overturn Dobbs

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

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

Apple employees demand CEO Tim Cook speak up for Palestinian lives

Sravya Tadepalli
Black background with an Apple logo with a Palestinian print

House Republicans are trying to upend DEI in medical schools

Andrea Bossi
House Republicans are trying to upend DEI in medical schools

State officials deny incarcerated people the ability to view Monday’s historic eclipse

Tamar Sarai
a vivid sun in a dark sky is visible through a crisscrossed fence in the foreground

Intrusive new digital tools in the criminal legal system transfer ‘one concern for another’

Tamar Sarai
color photograph of a person pulling their pant leg up to reveal a black ankle monitor

Death of a mentally ill migrant in solitary confinement lays bare ICE’s cruelty and lack of accountability

Maurizio Guerrero
color photograph of an outdoor protest. two people stand under an umbrella; one holds a white picket poster that reads "priso

‘It never warms up’: Surviving extreme cold in Texas prisons

Kwaneta Harris
color photograph of a blue picket sign with instructions for a freeze warning

NYC library budget cuts are impacting the most vulnerable 

Elly Belle
color photograph of a young woman in a hijab studying in a public library