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A Türkiye earthquake killed an exchange student’s family while she was in the U.S. She doesn’t want to go home

by Carmen Kohlruss June 8th, 2023June 10th, 2023

color photograph of seven women standing with their backs to the camera. they are outside on a green field with a prison in the background. they wear orange jumpsuits with black text reading "CDCR" on the centers of their backs

Crime, Reform & Abolition

California struggles to locate victims of forced sterilization for compensation program

by Montse Reyes May 18th, 2023May 18th, 2023

digital collage with a yellow background. on the bottom left, three people holding "No Evictions" signs stand on the right side, a black-and-white cutout of a photograph of a Latinx man looks directly at the camera. diagonally down from the top left corner is a dotted black line with "renters' debt" curving along the loop

Economy & Workers' Rights

Tenants unions harness collective action to fight rent debt

by Leonardo Vilchis-Zarate May 18th, 2023May 18th, 2023

color photograph of a blue diesel truck driving towards the camera near an industrial facility

Climate & Environment

California will ban sale of new diesel trucks by 2036

by Lily Levine May 17th, 2023May 17th, 2023

digital collage with a yellow background. on the bottom left, four incarcerated men in uniforms stand with their backs to the camera. on the right side, a black-and-white cutout of a photograph of a Latinx man looks directly at the camera. diagonally down from the top left corner is a dotted black line with "carceral debt" curving along the loop

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Incarceration is financial extraction

by Manuel Galindo May 11th, 2023May 18th, 2023

color photograph of an outdoor protest in support of workers' rights. a femme person with shoulder-length curly brown hair holds up a red umbrella with the white text "sex work" wrapping around the perimeter. they wear a trans flag like a cape and walk along several people holding a larger trans flag parallel to the ground

Gender & LGBTQIA+

New report says the war on sex work places BIPOC in harm’s way

by Taneasha White May 11th, 2023May 11th, 2023

color photograph of a latinx mother with chest-length curly hair holding a 6-week-old infant in her arms and kissing his cheek

Gender & LGBTQIA+

Undocumented immigrants’ fight for pregnancy care through Medicaid

by Lizzie Tribone May 8th, 2023May 8th, 2023

Students are struggling with school lunch debt

Students are struggling with school lunch debt

by Aina Marzia April 18th, 2023April 18th, 2023

color photograph of three young children wearing long pants, jackets, and face masks walking under scaffolding in New York City

School vaccine mandates drop without a mitigation plan in place

by Alexandra Martinez April 13th, 2023May 8th, 2023

LA school workers approve historic agreement

by Imani Stephens April 11th, 2023April 11th, 2023