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Communication as a Human Right: Creating a New Media Infrastructure for Detroit

Victoria Goff, AlterNet. May 24, 2012.

Digital justice organizers work to move beyond questions of Internet access and work to bring control of media production and distribution to underserved communities.

Occupying Farmland for Organic Food and Fairness Exposes University Elitism

Diana Pei Wu, Race, Poverty & the Environment. May 17, 2012.

The arena of struggle revealed by Occupy the Farm is not just organic farming, food justice, and food sovereignty--it's also about an increasingly privatized university.

How Corrupt Prosecutors Get Away With Sending Innocent People to Jail

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. May 15, 2012.

Prosecutors are arguably the most powerful figures in the American criminal justice system, a system that is not equipped or willing to punish their crimes.

Conservatives' Losing Bet on Birth Control: History Suggests They Might've Woken a Sleeping Giant

Patti Miller, RH Reality Check. April 15, 2012.

The historical record suggests we may be witnessing a re-awakening of the reproductive rights movement.

Dharun Ravi, Tyler Clementi and the Hard Work of Truly Stopping Bullies

Rinku Sen, ColorLines. March 25, 2012.

A young immigrant man was convicted of bullying his gay roommate--who then committed suicide. But has justice been done?

Glenn Greenwald: Will America Do Anything to Preserve Its Empire?

Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian. March 21, 2012.

No wonder anti-US sentiment is growing: Afghans have been excluded from the judicial process after the shooting that left 16 dead.

Murder is Legal, According to Eric Holder

David Swanson, Smirking Chimp. March 7, 2012.

Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday explained why he thinks it is legal to murder people, even without trial, arrest, or charges filed.

13 Million Unemployed; Why Aren't They a Political Force to be Reckoned With?

Jenny Brown, Labor Notes. February 19, 2012.

Unions are still grappling with how to organize the unemployed, including their own ex-members, into a political force.

Supreme Court Says Religious School Can Fire Teacher for Illness

Josh Eidelson, In These Times. February 12, 2012.

In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld for the first time a “ministerial exception” limiting the rights of employees under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Will Jean-Claude Duvalier Ever Stand Trial for His Crimes Against Haiti?

Fran Quigley, AlterNet. January 20, 2012.

Judging Duvalier has become an opportunity to send a message, but prosecuting old crimes in a neglected justice system has its challenges.

The Arc of the Universe Might Be Bending Toward Justice; But We Still Have to Fight Like Hell in 2012

Rinku Sen, ColorLines. January 2, 2012.

If we avoid triumphalism, get explicit about race and keep fighting, we can make the most of movement potential in the coming year.

Democrats Are Still Compromising Away Women's Rights -- What's Wrong with the Pro-Choice Movement's Strategy?

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. December 20, 2011.

After the Obama administration's decision to overrule the FDA on the morning-after pill, activists are asking yet again, what went wrong?

Rick Perry's Execution Obsession Feeds the Worst in Human Nature

Amanda Marcotte, Comment Is Free. September 14, 2011.

Perry may have lost no sleep over Texas's 234 executions during his tenure, but the death penalty panders to crude bloodlust.

How Right-Wing Attacks on Reproductive Health Care Force Poor Women Into More Unwanted Pregnancies

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. August 25, 2011.

A new study finds that right-wing attacks on family planning services are landing squarely on poor women and their families.

Man Beats His Girlfriend With a Bullwhip and Molests Her Children -- And She Gets Life in Prison After He Is Killed?

Emily Wilson, AlterNet. August 10, 2011.

Speaking with Debbie Peagler's lawyers and documentarian about getting her out of prison for a second chance.

The Globe’s Not Only Getting Hotter. It’s More Unjust and Unstable, Too

Michelle Chen, Colorlines.com. July 6, 2011.

The future of a warming planet holds more than just melting ice--it will see a lot more conflict over resources, food, and living space as well.

Remembering Oscar Grant on the Day of Johannes Mehserle's Release

Julianne Hing, Colorlines.com. June 15, 2011.

The former BART police officer who killed Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day in 2009 has been released from jail, but for Grant's family, the wounds are still fresh.

Let's Face It, Conservative Supreme Court Justices Are a Bunch of Hypocrites

David Morris, AlterNet. October 15, 2010.

Conservatives interpret the Constitution to support conservative objectives, but they won't admit it.

Global Food Problems Are About Justice Not Scarcity

Frances Moore Lappe, YES! Magazine. July 2, 2010.

We need to rescue our food system from corporate control.

Utter Failure; It's Time to Rethink the Prison System

Sylvia Clute, AlterNet. June 16, 2010.

With 2.3 million people in America's prison system, we've literally become our own jailers. It's time to call for a compassionate -- and more effective -- judicial system.

Building a Climate Justice Movement

Tina Gerhardt, AlterNet. April 24, 2010.

The climate justice movement has taken up two enormous concerns: How to address ecological catastrophe and how to develop a new global economic model.

World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth: An Antidote to Copenhagen?

Joseph Huff-Hannon, Colorlines.com. April 20, 2010.

The world's governments were unable to find enough common ground in Copenhagen to hash out even a weak treaty. Now, a justice-focused alternative is kicking off.

12 Innovations That Could Save Us

12 Innovations That Could Save Us

Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine. January 5, 2010.

With climate disruption, war, and a faltering economy, that was a tough decade. Still, seeds were sown for a more green and egalitarian 2010s.

Black Teacher May Get 15 Years in Prison for Cutting in Line at Wal-Mart

Devona Walker, The Loop. November 25, 2009.

This is not how our criminal justice system is supposed to operate.

How America Holds Court: The Seedy Dealings Underpinning Our Legal System

How America Holds Court: The Seedy Dealings Underpinning Our Legal System

Amy Bach, Metropolitan Books. November 2, 2009.

It's getting harder and harder to exercise your legal rights if you aren't well to do. Where's the justice in that?

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