No, Immigrants Aren’t Taking US Jobs
It is clear the labor market is both absorbing immigrants and generating strong job opportunities for U.S.-born workers, including those in demographic groups potentially most impacted by immigration.
A Cry in the Darkness: “Please Come, Come Take Me”
The pleas of Layan and Hind have given voice to an awful abstraction: 13,000 murdered children in Gaza.
Rehabilitation and Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Incarceration
Last year, my oldest daughter went to juvenile detention, thus completing the three-generation cycle of incarcerated women in my family. I want to forge us a new path.
Media “Border Deal” Coverage Erases Actual Human Stakes
Immigrants and immigrants’ rights advocates are shut out of the horse race stories about partisan “border” one-upmanship.
IDF Rescues Two Hostages While Killing Dozens of Palestinians in Rafah
"More than a million people, many living in tents and makeshift shelters, now face a dramatic escalation in this ongoing massacre," warned Meinie Nicolai of Médecins Sans Frontières.
As a Girl In Prison, I Experienced Degrading Health Care
I received my first Pap smear shortly after being incarcerated as a teenager. It was excruciating — and a sign of worse things to come.
Missing 6-Year-Old Gaza Girl Hind Rajab Found Dead With Massacred Family, Rescue Workers
Rajab drew worldwide attention following the publication of her desperate plea for help as she sat surrounded by relatives slain by Israeli troops. Two paramedics sent to rescue the child…
“Shockingly Callous”: Politicians are Turning Down Food Assistance for Poor Children
15 right-wing governors are shamefully refusing federal aid meant to feed hungry kids.
Eric Adams’ Thoughts on Solitary Confinement Are Dangerous and Cruel
On Jan. 19, New York City Mayor Eric Adams vetoed a bill that would have effectively banned solitary confinement in his city’s jails. Incarcerated writer Chris Blackwell and CUNY Law…
“Every Child is a Whole Universe”: We Mothers Call for Ceasefire
When some would tell us that our identities—Palestinian and Israeli—should make us enemies, we have known that another identity binds us together. We are both mothers, dedicated to keeping our…
People With Criminal Records Should Not Have to Hire a Lawyer Just to Get a Job
State laws are restricting people with convictions from working as nurses, counselors and janitors.
Women and People of Color Bear the Brunt of Medical Misdiagnosis
Hundreds of thousands of Americans become disabled or die each year because of a diagnostic error. But some patients are at higher risk than others.
The Case of Palestine’s Longest Serving Prisoner Exposes Israel’s Brutal Abuse of Palestinian Detainees
The brutal torture and abuse Nael Barghouti has faced since October 7 mirrors the situation of all Palestinian detainees, and his case shows that Israel will re-arrest Palestinians it releases…
Wisconsin’s Prison Lockdowns: No Visitors, Few Showers, and No End in Sight
Deprived of visitors, programming, and time outside their cells, incarcerated people have been put into a hellish limbo by measures ostensibly taken to combat overpopulation in state prisons.
Palestinians Uncover Dozens Killed Execution-Style in Schoolyard in Gaza
Palestinian civilians discovered bodies blindfolded and with their legs and hands tied back.