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New Justice: A World Beyond Prisons

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New Justice: A World Beyond Prisons Prisons, police and punishment through incarceration. Are they with us forever in the land of the free? Sustained campaigns for change are beginning to pay off. At the community...
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Minneapolis Model to Abolish Police

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Minneapolis Model to Abolish Police       The Minneapolis City Council’s forthcoming proposal to disband its police department was built on years of activism and resistance to systemic police violence and racism. But while calls to defund...
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Housing as a Human Right

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This Thursday, October 1 at 6:30pm ET, The Laura Flanders Show is making its New York City public television debut on WNYE. Click here to find out what channel WNYE is for you.

 

Then, join us afterwards at 7:00pm ET on YouTube Live for a Q&A / Talk-back with Laura and guests David Wallis and Joseph Rodriguez from the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Milly Perez, the programming director for WNYE. Click here to join!

 

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This week, #theLFshow sats down with @econhardship contributors and board members to discuss #EconomicHardship & #poverty in America.

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Valuable reminder on the importance of perspective from @econhardship's @DavidRwallis:

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