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Jul 24, 2017 · And if the media are not blatantly biased, remember that they are covering a blatantly biased country, one that views the epidemic of heroin, used overwhelmingly by White people, as a “health problem” instead of a “crime problem.” Apparently, the addictions of White people merit a “gentler war on drugs,” not the three-strikes laws and mandatory minimums that have devastated Black ...

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Dec 11, 2024 · Research has consistently demonstrated that early childhood—those critical years from infancy to age 5—impacts long-term social, emotional, physical, and cognitive well-being. Kids who access high-quality early childhood programs, for example, score better on tests, earn better grades, and are more likely to stay in school and head off to college.

Elections declare collective priorities. Considering Project 2025’s explicit intent to reshape the federal government and decimate civil and human rights, this moment calls for an equally bold response that centers human and planetary needs—and uplifts …

Jun 15, 2021 · Protest works. In Myanmar, Palestine, Thailand, and around the world, people are taking to the streets to resist repression and win change. Because protest works, governments try to stop it: In country after country, new restrictions …

Nov 20, 2024 · In August, on the eve of the International Day of the Disappeared, María del Carmen Martínez sits alone in the house her daughter, Ofelia, bought with the money she earned working as an undocumented immigrant at a restaurant in Houston.Beside her is a tarp featuring her daughter’s face, which she will carry for hours tomorrow as she advocates for her daughter and others who have gone ...

Mar 5, 2024 · Editor’s Note: The story that follows is not typical of the solutions journalism that YES! focuses on. The author first submitted a version of this story, centered on debunking a major New York Times investigation, to YES! and another outlet in early January. In light of the seriousness of the genocide in Gaza, and YES!’s belief in the importance of fact-based, impactful journalism, we ...

Aug 19, 2024 · In keeping with its authoritarian, Christian nationalist, and white supremacist objectives, Project 2025 aims to criminalize the existence of LGBTQ people—through regressive legislation that targets freedom of expression, health care policies that deny access to medically necessary care (especially for transgender people), and a culture of repression, intolerance, and hatred for those deemed ...

Nov 4, 2024 · Thousands of high school students in Oakland, California, will be voting for the first time this November after a successful ballot measure gave 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in local school board elections.. Ashley Tchanyoum, a high school junior in Oakland, says she has been encouraging her classmates to register in the lead-up to the election and looks forward to exercising her ...