The play has been performed in over 30 prisons across the country.
Posted inPrisons and Policing
In gift to private prisons and telecom giants, Trump FCC jacks up price of inmate phone calls
The lone Democratic commissioner on the FCC called the new order “an egregious transfer of wealth from families in incredibly vulnerable situations to greedy monopoly companies that seek to squeeze every penny out of them.”
Posted inInequality Watch
Power without voters: How the shutdown reveals a broken democracy
“We’re shutting down government to keep people sick.”
Posted inWorking People
Workers replaced by AI have a dire warning for the world
“Basically, the most evil billionaires in Silicon Valley want to consume everything before it’s too late, and then kick the tires and leave us all to drown…”
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
‘Midnight massacre’: ICE leaders purged as Trump admin eyes ‘more aggressive’ nationwide campaign led by Border Patrol
“Border Patrol are the aggro cowboys compared to ICE,” said one immigrants’ rights advocate. “Now they’re going to be the ones running the show.”
Posted inStories of Resistance
Resisting ICE
ICE is detaining thousands of people a day without criminal records and without a warrant. But people are standing up. And the resistance is growing. This is episode 73 of Stories of Resistance.
Posted inRattling the Bars
Rural America wants to break its economic addiction to prisons
“75% of [Franklin County] voted for Sarah Huckabee Sanders. And I have people who are telling me, ‘I never really thought about incarceration before,’” but now “‘I’m finding out more about how incarceration works in Arkansas, [and] I’m really starting to question the way that the state locks so many people up.”
Posted inWorkers of the World
Gaza City residents defy Israel’s orders to evacuate: ‘We’re staying here’
“We already experienced displacement. We can’t do it again. We’re staying here. Whatever happens, happens. Even if they crush us under their tanks.”
Posted inThe Marc Steiner Show
A civil rights icon’s advice for combatting Trump, ICE, and fascism today
“When you see some of the tactics people are using now to try and monitor these ICE arrests… it’s similar to what we did when we were in SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee).”
Posted inInequality Watch
Billionaires are running America. The current shutdown proves it.
Taya Graham and Stephen Janis have been on Capitol Hill covering the current federal government shutdown. They break down why the current impasse is like no other, and who is really calling the shots.
