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Posted inPolitics & Democracy, Race

Let’s use our vote to thank the ancestors

by Kai McGee October 29th, 2020March 19th, 2021
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Posted inPolitics & Democracy

I’m voting in the 2020 election, and encourage other Native people to do the same

Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Daniel by Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Daniel October 14th, 2020August 30th, 2023
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I don’t glamorize police in my household, and I’m teaching my child why

Arissa Hall by Arissa Hall September 23rd, 2020March 18th, 2021
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I feel lucky to be literate, and I have my parents to thank

Tina Vasquez headshot by Tina Vásquez September 8th, 2020March 19th, 2021
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Posted inImmigration

My family deserves justice for what happened to my dad

Jesenia Calderon by Jesenia Calderon September 8th, 2020March 18th, 2021
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Prisons created the blueprint for reproductive violence in immigrant detention

Tina Vasquez headshot by Tina Vásquez September 3rd, 2020March 18th, 2021
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The system is failing Black domestic violence survivors

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Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

How prisons, jails, and policing inflict gendered violence

Tamar by Tamar Sarai August 31st, 2020June 28th, 2023
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What we lose when migrant folks are pushed away from creative work

Tina Vasquez headshot by Tina Vásquez August 24th, 2020March 19th, 2021
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I arranged a protest at my high school. The reactionary racist attacks changed me

Seo Yoon Yang by Seo Yoon Yang August 17th, 2020March 19th, 2021

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