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‘Construye Ese Muro!’: Una Historia Local

Este artículo trata sobre cómo la política y el miedo, en lugar de los riesgos cotidianos y las realidades de la vida en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México, han moldeado históricamente las políticas fronterizas.

Teoría de Audiencia, Productos y Provocación (Extracto)

Este artículo trata sobre un enfoque de la investigación que trabaja con las comunidades para abordar los problemas importantes que enfrentan, usando "armas de instrucción masiva" que ayudan a los grupos a tomar decisiones, trabajar juntos y movilizarse.

Michelle Fine & María Elena Torre

Prisons have no incentive to pay inmates better—to the contrary. Unlike workers in the free market, who (theoretically, anyway) can weigh factors like pay, working conditions, and other benefits when deciding where to work, inmates do not have a choice between employers. If they need the money, or the experience, they must take or leave what the prison is offering.

Taking Freedom: Capitalism, Democracy, and W.E.B. Du Bois’ Two Proletariats

On W.E.B. Du Bois' theory of the working class and how race and class cannot be separated in the United States.

J. Phillip Thompson

Reclamando Nuestro Linaje: Resistencia Organizada, Queer, no Conforme Con el Género y Transgénero a la Violencia Policial

Este artículo trata sobre el papel que desempeñan las personas queer de color en la resistencia a la vigilancia policial opresiva.

Che Gossett, Reina Gossett & A.J. Lewis

PAR is an approach to research that values the significant knowledge people hold about their lives and experiences. PAR positions those most intimately impacted by research as leaders in shaping research questions, framing interpretations, and designing meaningful research products and actions.

Taking Freedom: School Segregation, the Continuing Tragedy of Ferguson

On racial segregation in American schools, using the example of St. Louis, Missouri, and its Normandy district.

Nikole Hannah-Jones

La Esclavitud Moderna en la Fuerza Laboral en la Prisión de Estados Unidos

Este artículo explica los problemas laborales relacionados con el uso de presos como trabajadores extremadamente mal pagados en las prisiones estatales y federales.

Beth Schwartzapfel

Prisons have no incentive to pay inmates better—to the contrary. Unlike workers in the free market, who (theoretically, anyway) can weigh factors like pay, working conditions, and other benefits when deciding where to work, inmates do not have a choice between employers. If they need the money, or the experience, they must take or leave what the prison is offering.

Taking Freedom: Yes, Black America Fears the Police. Here’s Why.

On the historic role of policing in reinforcing racial inequality and how it has led to black Americans' fear of police.

Nikole Hannah-Jones