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Social Justice

Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Writing

Neighborhood Watch: The Strange Aftermath of a ‘Karen’ Encounter

by Seyward Darby December 24, 2020October 19, 2022

In a progressive New Jersey community, racial solidarity is complicated.

Posted inFeatured, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quote Posts, Quotes

John Lewis: ‘Get into Good Trouble’

by Krista Stevens June 18, 2020October 19, 2022

“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

by Tori Telfer June 21, 2018October 19, 2022

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

by Longreads March 27, 2018October 19, 2022

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.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Occupied Territory

by michelleweber July 11, 2017October 19, 2022

“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

by Longreads July 10, 2017October 19, 2022

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

by Aaron Gilbreath May 23, 2017October 19, 2022

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?

by Aaron Gilbreath April 4, 2017October 19, 2022

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

by Aaron Gilbreath March 2, 2017October 19, 2022

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

by Aaron Gilbreath February 9, 2017October 19, 2022

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.

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