In a progressive New Jersey community, racial solidarity is complicated.
Social Justice
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John Lewis: ‘Get into Good Trouble’
“We are going to turn America around.”
Posted inBooks, Profiles & Interviews, Story
‘I Had Nothing To Do With It But Have Been Punished’: Issac Bailey On His Brother Moochie, the Murderer
Issac Bailey wants us to recognize that the families of perpetrators need just as much support as the families of victims.
Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Nonfiction, Story, Writing
The Death Row Book Club
When Anthony Ray Hinton was sentenced to death for two murders he didn’t commit, he used his time to create a book club for death row inmates.
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Occupied Territory
“But equal space and equal security should not be considered rewards for virtue; they are rights in and of themselves, unrealized in innumerable ways as yet.”
Posted inCurrent Events, Profiles & Interviews, Story
An Unforgiving Legal System Welcomes Black Immigrants to America
The Black Alliance for Just Immigration helps those affected by racial profiling and harsh immigration laws.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
The ‘Artwashing’ of East Los Angeles
In Boyle Heights, activists are fighting art galleries that represent the first wave of gentrification.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, Nonfiction, Quotes
Who Says Healthy Food Can’t Be Accessible and Affordable?
Daniel Patterson, and the challenges of bringing fast healthy food to the impoverished neighborhoods trapped in food deserts.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Threat of Doing What’s Right
TV producer Nicole Lucas Haimes details her fascination with one North Carolina man whose attempt to run an honest court got him killed.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Ireland’s Forgotten Women
In Little Atoms, JP O’ Malley tells the story of the Irish nuns who a multi-million dollar corporation exploited to help produce its toys.