Annunciation House and the Illegal Humanitarian
How anti-migrant sentiment and false narratives are shaping border work
Senate Bill 4, the proposed legislation introduced the day before the Annunciation House lawsuit, would change the landscape of humanitarian work at the border and shift some of the legal pretenses of Paxton and his allies into legal reality.
We can't be people-powered media without the people.
Southern politics
On Being Undocumented in Houston's Gaza Solidarity Student Movement
I have had years to acclimate to the helpless rage that comes with my legal status. But as we approach this election, among the fear and worry, there is something new.
Arts & Soul
Race & Place
The Candy Shop: Columbia SC Rallies to Honor Landmark Black Gay Bar
Commemoration is also meant to speak to a young generation of LGBTQIA+ South Carolinians, letting them know that today's struggles have long histories, their queer elders are standing with them, and they belong.
Long reads
"Pull up your pants or go to jail!"
An abolitionist retrospective on the fashion police.
Imprisoning Palestine: Zionist colonialism through an abolitionist lens
'From the moment of birth, Palestinians must contend with being criminalized for existing.'
Essays & Letters
Surviving the Crash
The myth of the nigger in the church of illusive freedom
The Hell Inside Hell
Solitary Confinement in Texas Hides the Sexual Abuse of Women and Girls
Boiling on the Inside
Incarcerated People in Texas Weather Extreme Heat in non-Air Conditioned Prisons
Rest is Not Resistance, and That is OK
On Cancer, Grief, & Audre Lorde
Brown Eyes in a Blue-Eyed World
Banned book review: Toni Morrison's crucial meditation on beauty and belonging, 'The Bluest Eye'
Why journalists must speak out about Gaza
Israel has targeted and killed at least 75 Palestinian journalists and media workers in attempts to silence the free press from witnessing the horrors of the occupation and siege of Gaza. Attacks on journalism and media are dangerous to us all.
On grief and sweet potato pie: A holiday meditation
Nnenna Freelon's recipe for Giva's sweet tate' pie.
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