What’s New

June 19, 2021

On this World Refugee Day, let’s celebrate the essential contributions of refugees during the coronavirus pandemic while we continue to work to protect and advance their rights.

May 17, 2021

On this anniversary of the US Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, we take a look at the racist policies implemented in its aftermath that led to the school-to-prison pipeline.

April 29, 2021

We’re facing a ton of challenges as a country. Over its first 100 days, the Biden Administration had to tackle a pandemic, economic collapse, climate change, racial injustice, and immigration, to name a few. Let’s take a look at how it’s going.

April 19, 2021

Cannabis is legal for recreational use in 11 states and medical use in 33, but hundreds of thousands of people are still getting arrested for possession every year. And most of them are Black. We know it doesn’t have to be that way.

April 16, 2021

America locks up more people than any other country on earth. Over the past few decades, a huge, multibillion dollar industry has grown up to further exploit our incarcerated population. We must dismantle the prison industrial complex!

April 16, 2021

Legalization is happening fast, but it hasn’t done anything to reduce the racial disparities in cannabis arrests. This 4/20, you can help change that.

April 8, 2021

On April 6, St. Louis elected a mayor who will shut down the Workhouse jail immediately and invest in communities of color. Read on to learn more about this victory for equity and justice.

April 1, 2021

Derek Chauvin is the ex-police officer who murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for almost nine minutes. He’s on trial for that murder today and this is what’s at stake.

March 25, 2021

Newly elected progressive prosecutors are helping to transform and remake our criminal legal system and reimagine this country’s approach to public safety.

March 19, 2021

Cities all over the country vowed to rethink their approach to public safety after the murder of George Floyd. We took a look at efforts in our hometown of Burlington, VT, to do just that.

March 15, 2021

2021 is shaping up to become the most important year ever in our struggle to contain the climate crisis. As global temperatures keep rising, it’s up to us to come together and take action. Now.

March 12, 2021

Black and Brown Americans don’t have access to the COVID-19 vaccine at anywhere near the rates of white people. That has to change. To end the pandemic, we need an equitable vaccine rollout.

March 10, 2021

The USDA has been discriminating against Black farmers for generations. Read on to learn more about systemic racism at the USDA and the efforts underway to support Black farmers.

March 2, 2021

Last July the St. Louis Board of Alderman voted unanimously to close the infamous Workhouse jail. On April 6, let’s elect a mayor who will finish the job!