Social Issues
Atlanta Wants To Build An 85-Acre ‘Cop City.’ These Groups Are Trying To Stop It.(HuffPost, April 2023)
Black, Indigenous, environmental and abolitionist activists have come together to block a training facility that they say will militarize police and endanger the community.
Advocates Say Montana Bill Would Erase Trans And Nonbinary Identities (HuffPost, March 2023)
The Republican-backed legislation seeks to legally define sex based solely on reproductive biology.
Only 15 states and Washington, D.C., have passed legislation to provide students with free access to menstrual products in schools.
'Vaginal preppers' braced themselves for a post-Roe world, but experts warn against stocking up on abortion pills (Insider, May 2022)
Like survivalists preparing for the apocalypse, "vaginal preppers" have been gearing up for the criminalization of abortion.
Sex workers' use of unconventional medicine for unwanted pregnancies offers a window into a post-Roe world.
Climate change protesters abandon 2-week hunger strike and swarm Sen. Joe Manchin's Maserati (Business Insider, November 2021)
With a banner that said, "Joe Manchin is burning our future for profit," over 100 protesters confronted Sen. Manchin at 6 a.m. ET.
For sex workers of color, OnlyFans' reversal doesn't go far enough. How censorship and bias puts their careers at risk (Insider, September 2021)
OnlyFans' quick rise was met with widespread backlash last month after announcing (and later reversing) a decision to ban adult entertainment.
Black creators say TikTok's algorithm fosters a 'consistent undertone of anti-Blackness.' Here's how the app has responded. (Insider, July 2021)
Insider spoke with influencers and experts about allegations of anti-Black racism and censorship on TikTok. How has the app responded?
We watched the Black Lives Matter Movement reignite in all its vigor as videos and articles of the murders of black men and women circulated the Internet.
Black women deserve more than protection.