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How Migrant Movements Radically Transform Borders

Natasha King Roar Magazine
graphic of worker walking over a fence
As much as contemporary borders are sophisticated and multi-faceted weapons against free movement for all, the border regime is a product of resistance to and subversion of it at every step.

Studs Terkel Made Oral History

Peter Dreier The Nation
Ten years after his death, Terkel’s voice is still a vivid part of our shared experience.

The Cross-Border Farmworker Rebellion

David Bacon The American Prospect
Workers in the berry fields of the United States and Mexico have the same transnational employers. Now, farmworker unions in those two nations have begun to work together.

Getting Out the Vote From the County Jail

Margaret Barthel The Atlantic
In many states, people held without a felony conviction are eligible to vote—but confusion, fear, and a long list of logistical complications often stand in their way.

The Yemen Crisis, Khashoggi, and the Deadly Saudi Arms Trade

Elise Thomas The Interpreter (Australia)
Nora brings her four month-old son Saleh to Al Hudaydah’s main hospital.
The murder of Jamal Khashoggi has forced new scrutiny of the Saudi role in the world’s greatest humanitarian crisis. But, despite calls for a Yemen ceasefire and other posturing, no Western country has pledged to end arms sales to the kingdom.