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The Quiet Success of the Israel Divestment Movement

The United States has historically provided hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign aid to Israel. The flow of taxpayer funds to Israel鈥檚 military has only increased since Israeli forces

Marianne Dhenin | Aug 6, 2024

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Murmurations: Making Space for Intentional Adaptation

Moving at the speed of trust has allowed this cooperative to create new visions of abundance鈥攆ar beyond what white supremacist patriarchal hegemony deemed possible.

4DaSoil | Jan 30, 2024

Analysis | School-to-Prison-Pipeline | Education | Police

How Philadelphia Disrupted the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Research on a police diversion program implemented in 2014 shows a striking 91% reduction in in-school arrests over less than 10 years.

Amanda NeMoyer, Naomi Goldstein | Dec 5, 2023

Becoming Abolitionist: A Lawyer鈥檚 Radical Vision

鈥淭he only way that we are going to get people to have a decent, equitable future is to completely re-envision this entire rubric that is suffocating and killing our people,鈥� says lawyer Noelle Hanrahan.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Jul 18, 2023