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Maya Schenwar

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“An Imagination Party”: How My Toddler Fuels My Vision for Liberation

The following piece is an excerpt from the forthcoming anthology, We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition, which I edited in...

14.11.2024 20

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Here Are Five Media-Related Actions We Can All Take Before Inauguration Day

In journalism circles, we often speak about our work in abstract ideals. Transparency. Accountability. Democracy. Truth. All of these ideals are...

13.11.2024 5

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Movement Media Organizations Are Coming Together to Build Power

The Movement Media Alliance is a coalition working to build a journalism of accountability based on social justice.

28.08.2024 30

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J.D. Vance Is Using Lies About the Overdose Crisis to Justify State Violence

Listen to a J.D. Vance speech long enough, and you’ll hear him mention drugs. From his personal story of his mother’s addiction to his conspiracy...

22.07.2024 4

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Abolition Is a Project of Human Liberation That Must Be Ongoing

One of the most common misconceptions about prison abolition is that it’s “unrealistic.” However, in Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché’s new...

18.04.2024 6

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Hanukkah Is a Time for Palestine Solidarity, From Fasting to Public Disruption

This piece is co-published with In These Times. Hanukkah — often a time of joy and abundance — is here. Throughout these eight days, many Jews...

07.12.2023 5

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