The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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America's Disappeared: The Poor and the Prison System
When you are poor you can instantly disappear into the subterranean rabbit holes of our vast jail and prison complex.
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Dallas Schools are Debtors Prisons
Students who face a Texas truancy court are criminalized for being poor.
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Florida’s School-to-Prison Pipeline is Largest in the Nation
More than in any other state, students in Florida are being arrested for incidents that once would have merited a trip to the principal's office.
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The School-to-Prison Pipeline Gets Its First-Ever Airing in the Senate
After years of aggressive agitating and advocacy, the topic is finally inching its way into the limelight.
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Why is the Private Prison Industry in Our Schools?
The school-to-prison pipeline is an interlocking system of local, state, and federal educarceral policies that unduly siphon students from the school yard to the prison yard.
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Privatization Be Damned!
The futility of diverting public funds into the hands of profitseekers has been well-documented. Here are a few of the gathering curses of privatization.
