Social justice

Social justice

The news was bittersweet. Bitter because Assata will never again walk among us, tell another story, or author another poem; bitter because no longer can we point to her as a living example of she who struggled for Black people with courage and dignity, she who remained steadfast in the face of such fierce opposition. But also, sweet. Sweet because although they hunted her, the forces of U.S. Empire - with all their monstrous technology, were unable to kill her,

Comedians looking to donate their fee from the Riyadh Comedy Festival, look elsewhere. A spokesperson for Human Rights Watch told it "cannot accept" money from comedians who have "generously offered to donate part of their performance fees." According to Arvind Ganesan, Human Rights Watch's head of economic justice and rights division, taking money from people who took money from the government of Saudi Arabia could "create the perception that somehow we compromised our independence after the fact."

We need our city hall, mayor and council members to collectively revoke the ICE facility permit and represent the values of Portland residents,

Since the 2024 election, we've seen a lot of hate activity nationally - from antisemitism and anti immigrant sentiments to homophobia. It's really important for our community to come together to show that everyone is welcome here and hate is not a value consistent with Napa.

Two years ago, a city in Colorado set out to answer a question: Can giving residents $500 a month with no strings attached meaningfully improve their lives? For the 200 residents who participated in the program, the answer has been mixed. Although the payments eased some immediate challenges, long-term or structural issues persisted. Boulder is one of a growing list of American cities and states experimenting with a guaranteed basic income,

The Debt Collective is perhaps best known for the ripple effects of the small student loan repayment strike the group organized against a defunct for-profit college in 2015. The strike grew into a nationwide movement demanding justice for millions of people facing overwhelming student debt. By 2025, the Biden administration had approved $188.8 billion in student debt relief for more than 5 million people.

You're going to arrest the one Black dude on the train, because this white woman said she didn't like the way I was sitting on the train?

We are also immensely grateful to Gov. Newsom, Pro Tem Mike McGuire, Speaker Robert Rivas and to so many of our non-Jewish colleagues of both political parties who have stood as staunch allies in the fight against hate. Together, we will continue to fight to ensure that students of all faiths and backgrounds are safe, welcome, and can thrive in our schools.

"It was about faith in action," Thompson, who is now the church's senior pastor, told The Oaklandside. "It wasn't just about belief, it wasn't just about church attendance, but that to be a Christian meant you ought to be doing something to make the world better."

Deputy District Attorney Jessalee Mills told jurors the case will show activism that crosses the line into criminal conduct. This case is not about what Miss Rosenberg believes; it's about what she did, Mills said. And what she did was illegal. Prosecutors allege she entered the facility on Lakeville Highway late at night, accessed computers and records, and placed GPS trackers on 12 delivery trucks.

When a 24-year-old woman in Tifton, Georgia, was found outside of her apartment unconscious and bleeding in March, she was arrested by police. She'd had a miscarriage, and after cops received an anonymous tip, they recovered some fetal remains in a dumpster nearby. And so the Tift County Sheriff's Office jailed her for "concealing the death of another person" and "abandonment of a dead body."

The hour-long event, viewed by thousands on the Advance Facebook Live platform, featured three prominent women leaders on Staten Island: Tatiana Arguello-Sabatelli, executive director of Nonprofit Staten Island; Jessica Phillips, CEO of Historic Richmond Town; and Jessica Baker Vodoor, president and CEO of Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Gardens. The panelists reflected on the experiences and values that shaped their leadership journeys-beginning with what first inspired them to step into leadership roles and what has sustained their motivation during difficult times.

The Bridge Project, which already runs similar programs in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, said the goal is to give children more stability and take some financial pressure off new parents. It comes amid a crushing affordability crisis that's squeezing parents of young children who are struggling with child care and food costs, and as federal cuts threaten to strip benefits from many low-income households.

The story it tells is a glorious one: how a century ago a determined band of campaigners trailed door to door persuading a third of all Welsh women to sign a petition calling for world peace and delivered it to the US. But the idea of a new exhibition at the National Library of Wales is not just to remember an historical event but, in these troubled times, to inspire the belief that change is possible.

Then the Goethe Lakes, Goethe Peak and what's left of the Goethe Glacier. This is the Glacial Divide, beyond which lies Evolution Valley, where I hiked as a 20-something on the John Muir Trail - a blissful 26 days beyond the range of communication, during which we carried everything we needed on our backs, along with a few things we didn't really need but wanted anyway. No one had cellphones back then.

As repressive forces escalate, attempting to quash our ability to speak freely, it's as crucial as ever to listen to the voices of incarcerated people who experience extreme repression every day, yet continue to speak out. As Renaldo Hudson recently wrote in Stateville Speaks: "We cannot let the experiences of our incarcerated brothers, sisters, and siblings be dismissed. They are the frontline witnesses to a system that has normalized control over care. Their stories matter."

"Through creative conversations, we're able to work with youth to figure out solutions for their most immediate needs and help resolve their housing crisis as quickly as possible-so they never have to enter the homelessness system in the first place." In 2022, I found myself where no parent wants to be-without a safe place to live with my two young children, an infant and a 3-year-old. Circumstances led me to the city's entry point into the homelessness system, Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing Office (PATH).

Like other people who've never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has so little experience of real life she's ignorant of how ignorant she is. She'll never need a homeless shelter. She's never going to be placed on a mixed sex public hospital ward. I'd be astounded if she's been in a high street changing room since childhood. Her public bathroom' is single occupancy and comes with a security man standing guard outside the door.

Social Security is designed so that married people have a big advantage that never-married people do not have: They can collect benefits based on their own earnings or up to half of the earnings of their spouse, whichever is higher. Never-married people do not have an alternative source of benefits that may be greater than their own. A little more than half of married women today collect their spouse's benefits because those benefits are greater than their own, Carr and her colleagues report.

The child welfare system is arguably one of the most difficult systems to navigate. The agencies that comprise the system wield enormous responsibility to ensure children's safety. But they often punish struggling families by removing their children rather than providing services to support them. And while some children may benefit from being in a state's custody, many more face mistreatment within a system that has lasting effects on education, mental health and more.

Genocide thrives when the world averts its eyes, and history is repeating before us. When we prevent or put an end to genocide, we honour the victims of past genocides and, in doing so, keep their memory alive. We draw a clear line between reasonable human behaviour and our capacity to inflict unimaginable violence on others. In doing so, we help ensure the suffering of the past is not repeated.

I was shocked and angry about the children's reaction but the adults' reactions are what broke me and brought me to tears.