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In the wake of the Senate Torture Report, we take a look at several books that confront the issues of CIA torture, human rights abuses at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere in Iraq, and the Bush administration’s complicity through it all.
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Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955, for refusing to surrender her seat on a bus to a white passenger. In an excerpt from The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Jeanne Theoharis traces the aftermath of Parks’s arrest and the lead-up to the bus boycott, and shows exactly what was…
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“Deportation relief is a stopgap measure,” says David Bacon, author of THE RIGHT TO STAY HOME: How US Policy Drives Mexican Migration. “We need permanent solutions so that those receiving deferred status are not vulnerable.”
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Beacon remembers Leslie Feinberg, activist, author, and pioneering advocate for transgender liberation.
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The UUA and other religious organizations have reignited the Sanctuary Movement, an interfaith campaign that encourages congregations to open their doors and offer sanctuary to immigrants facing deportation…
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Reproductive rights advocate Dr. Carole Joffe reveals the hidden costs of TRAP laws and ASC regulations for abortion providers and their patients.
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