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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
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Posted inCrime, 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
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

Tenants unions harness collective action to fight rent debt

by Leonardo Vilchis-Zarate May 18th, 2023May 18th, 2023
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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
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Incarceration is financial extraction

by Manuel Galindo May 11th, 2023May 18th, 2023
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Posted inGender & LGBTQIA+

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

Taneasha White by Taneasha White May 11th, 2023May 11th, 2023
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Posted inGender & LGBTQIA+

Undocumented immigrants’ fight for pregnancy care through Medicaid

by Lizzie Tribone May 8th, 2023May 8th, 2023
Students are struggling with school lunch debt
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Students are struggling with school lunch debt

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

School vaccine mandates drop without a mitigation plan in place

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

LA school workers approve historic agreement

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

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