In this article from Jacobin Mag, Victoria Law discusses how relying on state violence to curb domestic violence only ends up harming the most marginalized women. Read more: Against Carceral Feminism by Victoria Law
Ruth Wilson Gilmore, storied prison abolitionist, discusses COVID-19, racial capitalism, and decarceration and the case for prison abolition.
In this excerpt from the film “The Black Power Mixtape 1967 – 1975”, Angela Y. Davis discusses the Black Panther Party, her incarceration, and racial tension in California between Black people and the state.
This article delves into understanding how the topics of blackness, ableism, and Hollywood collided after the “Black Panther” star, Chadwick Boseman shocking death on August 28, 2020 at the age of 43 – and the public’s sudden realization that he had made so much movie magic while quietly battling colon cancer. Read more here. Featured image ... Read more
100 Companies are Responsible for 71% of GHG Emissions According to the Carbon Majors Database, the most comprehensive dataset of historic company greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ever compiled, just a tiny fraction of all the companies in the world are responsible for the vast majority of GHG emissions. Of all the hundreds of thousands of ... Read more
“Physical and mental health are equal and should be treated as such.” Hailey Hardcastle established a network of student activists in order to make schools a better place for students struggling with mental health. In this TED Talk, Hailey explains why schools should offer mental health days to students in the same way they excuse ... Read more
Animal welfare, shelter health and the care of shelter pets may look dramatically different in the future. Learn more from this recent podcast from Merck Animal Health featuring Dr. Jyothi Robertson, DVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine) and Angela Baysinger, DVM, MS as they discuss animal welfare, shelters, and the community.
Tucked away in our subconscious minds is an idyllic vision in which we see ourselves on a long journey that spans an entire continent. We’re traveling by train and, from the windows, we drink in the passing scenes of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at crossings, of cattle grazing in distant pastures, of ... Read more
Gitanjali 35 by Rabindranath Tagore WHERE THE mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; Where the clear ... Read more
We are in the midst of the sixth extinction. This time, we believe it is caused by humans. The dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago in the fifth mass extinction caused by an asteroid. In a video for The New Yorker, journalist Elizabeth Kolbert says we may be triggering the next mass extinction on ... Read more