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Posted inClimate & Environment

Montana youth win historic climate lawsuit

by Ray Levy Uyeda August 15th, 2023August 15th, 2023

A federal judge ruled that the state government is violating youths’ constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment

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Posted inGender & LGBTQIA+

Organizers call on Biden to fill district court vacancies with LGBTQIA+ judges

Sravya Headshot by Sravya Tadepalli May 2nd, 2023May 7th, 2023
color photograph of a youth climate protest. several youths wearing masks hold brown cardboard signs with slogans like "respect your mother" and "denial is not policy"
Posted inClimate & Environment

Young people are using the courts to hold the US government accountable for the climate crisis

by Ray Levy Uyeda December 19th, 2022December 20th, 2022
A Black young woman is focused on reading through her textbook in the midground.
Posted inEducation

Rhode Island students sued for the right to civics lessons. Now they will ensure others benefit from their efforts

by Kio Herrera August 16th, 2022January 23rd, 2023
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Posted inImmigration

Two opposing court rulings have put deportation guidelines back in limbo

by Alexandra Martinez July 14th, 2022January 23rd, 2023
Posted inRace

The possibility of first Black woman SCOTUS nominee prompts misogynoirist pushback

by Natasha Ishak February 2nd, 2022February 2nd, 2022
Posted inRace

The judge’s behavior in the Rittenhouse trial reminds us why we need prison industrial complex abolition

Reina Sultan by Reina Sultan November 16th, 2021November 16th, 2021
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

New York state law helps bring an incarcerated survivor home

Tamar by Tamar Sarai June 7th, 2021June 9th, 2021

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