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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
by Krista Corbello, Rehumanize International Board President — When I was in middle school, I learned about the horrors of the Holocaust....
May 25, 20215 min read
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Innocence and the Death Penalty
by Sophie Trist — In April of 2017, the state of Arkansas likely executed an innocent man. Recently-tested evidence from the 1993 murder...
May 13, 20213 min read
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On the Problem of AFRICOM
by Rana Irby — Much discussion on the U.S. military’s presence abroad in recent years has focused on the Middle East. What seems to not...
Apr 30, 20212 min read
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Racial Disparities in the Death Penalty
by Julia Smucker — In 1998, the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) released an extensive report demonstrating “the infectious...
Apr 28, 20212 min read
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Traffic Stops and Police Brutality: Reflecting on the Death of Daunte Wright
by Katherine Noble — Daunte Wright was shot and killed on Sunday, April 11th, by a Minnesota police officer. Wright was a father of a...
Apr 26, 20213 min read
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"Time": A Documentary That Rehumanizes Mass Incarceration
by Sophie Trist — Garrett Bradley’s 81-minute documentary Time, available on Amazon Prime, tells the story of New Orleans prison...
Apr 2, 20213 min read
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How to Rehumanize After a Mass Shooting
Editor’s note: On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, eight people were killed by 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long at three massage parlors in the...
Mar 17, 20212 min read
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Police Reform Legislation: A First Step to Dismantling Systemic Racism
by Sophie Trist — Six months ago, George Floyd’s brutal murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ripped open old...
Mar 15, 20213 min read
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"13th" Shines a Light on the Lasting Effects of Slavery
by Christy Yao — Editor's note: citations for the statistics referenced in this article can be found in the documentary 13th. — 13th is a...
Feb 26, 20214 min read
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Dr. Catherine Meeks: Standing for the Inherent Dignity of All
by Rana Irby — As we in the U.S. celebrate the contributions of Black people in our country for Black History Month this February, it is...
Feb 18, 20213 min read
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Racism and Abortion: Black Leaders Speak
by Julia Smucker — The abortion industry has often denied its historic ties to the eugenics movement, but many Black leaders have been...
Feb 16, 20214 min read
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The Rich Historical Tradition of Black Anti-Death Penalty Activism
by Sophie Trist — From anti-slavery abolitionism to today, Black activists have played a central role in the fight to end capital...
Feb 9, 20214 min read
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Justice in the Biden-Harris Administration
by Katherine Noble — Our nation spent the better part of this summer in upheaval. Protests became a daily part of life as people took to...
Jan 20, 20214 min read
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MLK Day
by Reynaldo Guevara — Something I realized in adulthood: in school, they taught us racism in history class. I grew up assuming it had...
Jan 19, 20213 min read
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"Who Built the Cages?": Immigration Under Biden
by Mikhayla Stover — Her name was Mariee Juárez. Mariee and her mother Yazmin were forced to flee Guatemala in 2018. At the time, Mariee...
Jan 19, 20213 min read
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The Attack on the U.S. Capitol
by Vanesa Zuleta Goldberg — Yesterday we witnessed a domestic terrorist attack on our nation's capital. A mob of Trump supporters...
Jan 7, 20214 min read
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Ballot Initiatives to Look Out For This November
by Christy Yao — An essential part of our democracy is the people getting to vote on particularly important or controversial issues. This...
Oct 25, 20203 min read
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All Black Lives Matter
In the wake of George Floyd's murder, protests and outrage swept the nation.
Sep 1, 20203 min read
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Justice For Dannielle Brown and Her Son
by Liz P. — Marquis Jaylen “JB” Brown was a star student-athlete at Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit, a Catholic university in...
Aug 27, 20202 min read
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Michael Hickson's Life Mattered
by Herb Geraghty — Earlier this month Michael Hickson, a disabled black man, was killed in a Texas hospital when his doctors decided that...
Jun 30, 20202 min read
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