Meet Mary Wood, a Teacher Resisting Censorship

As censorship and harassment spread across South Carolina, teachers are finding allies in their communities.

Teacher and activist against censorship, Mary Wood.

Visualizing the Racial Wealth Gap

From homeownership to income, systemic inequities perpetuate disparities in wealth.

Close up of a mortgage application and a pen.

Racism by Design: The Building of Interstate 81

The United States' interstate highway system is structural racism in action: an intentional government program that damaged Black lives and communities for generations.

A collage of black faces with an elevated highway on a blue background.

The Authoritarian Agenda Behind the Scheme to Attack Democracy and Abortion in Ohio

More than 3 million voters rejected an attempt to weaken their power, but our work is far from over.

A campaign sign reading "No on Issue 1."

Idaho Wants to Jail Professors for Teaching About Abortion

Idaho’s No Public Funds for Abortion Act effectively strips professors of their First Amendment right to academic speech. We’re suing.

A professor in front of a class full of students.

Don't Let the Math Distract You: Together, We Can Fight Algorithmic Injustice

Why civil rights advocates should be involved in policy conversations about automated decision-making.

A string of computer code.

Unchecked Growth: Private Prison Corporations and Immigration Detention, Three Years Into the Biden Administration

In July, more than 90 percent of the average 30,000 people held daily in ICE detention were housed in private facilities, as private corporation revenues from immigrant detention soar.

Protestors march in front of the ICE Company, The Geo Group building, demanding the end of private prisons.

The Deadly and Tragic Costs of Pretrial Detention

Local officials must take action to prevent more deaths in Fulton County, Georgia's jails.

Protester with raised fist in the air at Fulton County Jail after the death of Lashawn Thompson.

A Religious Public Charter School in Oklahoma? Not on Our Watch.

A charter school approved by state officials would unlawfully discriminate and teach a religious curriculum. We’re suing.

A shot of an empty corridor in a high school.