“I believe giving thousands of city employees the keys to a small surveillance state is a recipe for disaster,” says Albert Fox Cahn, founder and executive director of the nonprofit Surveillance Technology Oversight Project.
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I’ve been struck by the resonances between modern and medieval censorship of queer texts. Both have been shaped by a sort of “Don’t Say Gay” mindset: an assumption that even seeing or talking about LGBTQ+ themes poses a threat to children and society, regardless of how it’s done.
Take your summer reading list beyond the borders of the United States.
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Paid parental leave and child care help women stay in the workforce and earn higher wages over time. This lack of parental leave and child care may explain why the U.S. is no longer a leader in women’s workforce participation.
“It’s a deep emotional ride, but I mean, the majority of us, people of color, we’re used to things like that happening,” said Conner about losing friends to gun violence.
If the Supreme Court rules against the right of people to sleep outdoors, it would only make homelessness harder to prevent.
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“The reason I win tough races is simple – I listen to people and I fight for them,” Harvie said.
A new report assesses the governor’s first two years, concluding that a few positive steps are outweighed by larger inaction.
In her new role as a party leader, Jane Kleeb is organizing Democrats to go on the offensive.
“It is inconceivable that after decades of promises and political posturing, Congress has yet to pass a permanent solution for undocumented immigrants who entered the country as children and other undocumented people,” said Make the Road PA’s Armando Jiménez.
We need a representative in Congress who engages not in sophistry, but in truth-telling, and one who has the courage to have in-person town halls open to all their constituents, writes Newtown’s Steve Cickay.
