7+ hour, 9+ min ago  (433+ words) Graphic by Christopher Cruz Israeli restrictions on the entrance of electronic devices into Gaza has made life even harder for students and freelancers. When the Islamic University of Gaza resumed operations in 2024, announcing enrollment was open for online classes, twenty-year-old…...

6+ hour, 59+ min ago  (494+ words) Every organization can take steps to prevent misconduct and hold themselves accountable when leaders abuse their power. National Archives at College Park Cesar Chavez, pictured in July 1972. Since The New York Times revealed last month that labor rights activist Cesar…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (756+ words) In villages throughout the West Bank, Palestinian shepherds face violence from Israeli settlers and soldiers. Ahmed tends to his sheep in al-Farisiya. "The settlers are the law here." The soldiers blindfolded, handcuffed, and stripped Ahmed, taking turns beating him for…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (847+ words) Ten stories of people with histories living in Skid Row, in their own words. In downtown Los Angeles, roughly fifty square blocks make up Skid Row, a dense landscape of makeshift shelters that has become both a refuge and a…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (703+ words) This Workers Memorial Day, April 28, let's commit to curbing on-the-job harassment and abuse. From farmwork to the halls of Congress, gender-based violence and harassment is not just misconduct. It's a widespread workplace hazard, even if federal law fails to treat…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (441+ words) Joyce N. Boghosian/The White House The Department of Education and OCR often fell short of this mandate during the first Trump Administration. For example, the OCR shelved numerous civil rights complaints while dismissing or closing out many inherited complaints without…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (722+ words) We need policies that enhance water supplies, reduce wildfire risk, and support rural economies. Redwood trees in California. April 24 is Arbor Day, when Americans will gather to plant trees on city streets, in parks, and within other open spaces. But…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (275+ words) The outdated facility is slated for closure in 2029but many still housed there now benefit from greater autonomy and rehabilitative programs. Joseph Soltis, who has been incarcerated at Stillwater for years and now lives in the Earned Living Unit, put a…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (255+ words) Forcing the most vulnerable among us into institutions only perpetuates their trauma. I know, because I've lived it. My second thought was, "This is already here." From Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom's "CARE courts" to the massively profitable psychiatric-industrial complex,…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (638+ words) Over the course of two years, Kuwait School transformed from a school to a shelter to a detention center, and ultimately, to debris. People sit outside the Kuwait School in northern Gaza, December 2023. Kuwait Upper Secondary School for Girls in…...