Via 70 Million. 70 Million WE INVITE YOU TO TRAVEL THE SOUND WAVES AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH US FOR 70 MILLION, A DOCUMENTARY PODCAST ABOUT CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM FROM LANTIGUA WILLIAMS & CO. Our Peabody-nominated 70 Million documentary podcast investigates how locals are addressing the role of jails in their backyards. Our reporters travel … Read More
Via Ella Baker. Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists Read the full PDF here. Via Ella Baker.
Via The New York Times. Trump Administration Erases Transgender Civil Rights Protections in Health Care By Margot Sanger-Katz and Noah Weiland A rule finalized on Friday by the Department of Health and Human Services means that the federal government no longer recognizes gender identity as an avenue for sex discrimination in health care. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration … Read More
Via The New York Times. How Society Pays When Women’s Work Is Unpaid By Claire Cain Miller In countries around the world, the ways in which men and women spend their time are unbalanced. Men spend more time working for money. Women do the bulk of the unpaid work — cooking, cleaning and child care. This … Read More
Via AlterNet. 20 Ways Not to Be a Gentrifier Written by Dannette Lambert / AlterNet Gentrification is the word of the day. As the wealthiest in this country flock to major metropolitan centers like San Francisco and New York, and the rest get pushed out into the margins, many people are asking, “Am I a gentrifier? Is it … Read More
Via Chicago Tribune. Can Police Data Predict how ‘Bad Apple’ Officers Influence their Fellow Cops? New Study Says Yes. By ANNIE SWEENEY For years, researchers and police officials across the country have mined data such as arrest and shooting records to examine how criminals influence each other’s behavior — and in the process try to predict … Read More
