The Black Alliance for Just Immigration helps those affected by racial profiling and harsh immigration laws.
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Moving Stars
“The Obamas are not Teflon. The Obamas are Lonsdaleite. Even as our nation convulses and writhes, a king snake biting itself, the Obamas stand calm. America may well be broken. The Obamas are not.”
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Nonfiction
The Collected Crimes of Sheriff Joe Arpaio
The president chose to pardon an extremely bad man before providing aid to Texas.
Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Podcasts
How Would Jesus Treat Tech Workers Moving into an Impoverished Neighborhood? Love Them.
In Wired, Chris Colin writes about the determined reverend whose church provides services to the Tenderloin’s most disenfranchised residents, and helps gentrifying tech industry workers engage with the marginalized neighbors their presence directly effects.
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Reading List
A Transgender-Military Reading List
Thousands of people in the U.S.’s all-volunteer military are transgender.
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President Barack Obama Says, ‘This Is What a Feminist Looks Like’
Feminist Dude/Dad in Chief, Barack Obama, has penned an essay for Glamour about how far women have come, how much farther they need to be encouraged to go, and how both men and women are limited by outdated gender stereotypes that need to be retired.
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Reading List
Betsy DeVos’s Cynical Defense of the Trump Education Budget Cuts
The Education Secretary makes the case before Congress that “less money” becomes “more latitude.”
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My President Was Black
A history of the first African American White House, as Coates examines Obama’s successes and failures — and what came next.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Stripped: The Search for Human Rights in US Women’s Prisons
The US prison system is broken. It sucks up billions of dollars each year and destroys lives. Could a Thai princess and an accidental criminal justice reform activist in the Pacific Northwest have the answers?
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.
