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Dec 16, 2022

It’s Simply Too Dangerous to Arm Robots

Here are our guiding principles that communities and policymakers should follow when debating police robots.
Here are our guiding principles that communities and policymakers should follow when debating police robots.
Demonstrators, (holding various signs, with the most prominent reading "WE ALL SAW THAT MOVIE ... NO KILLER ROBOTS") protest the use of robots by the San Francisco Police Department outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.
Demonstrators, (holding various signs, with the most prominent reading "WE ALL SAW THAT MOVIE ... NO KILLER ROBOTS") protest the use of robots by the San Francisco Police Department outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.
Dec 14, 2022

From the Death Penalty to Marijuana, Clemency is a Tool For Justice

Granting clemency to broad categories of people is a first step toward correcting injustice in our criminal legal system.
Granting clemency to broad categories of people is a first step toward correcting injustice in our criminal legal system.
Demonstrators, holding a sign reading "STOP THE DEATH PENALTY", stand on the steps of the State Capitol in Atlanta.
Demonstrators, holding a sign reading "STOP THE DEATH PENALTY", stand on the steps of the State Capitol in Atlanta.
Dec 8, 2022

The Child Welfare System Needs an Overhaul

I thought I would help families by working in the foster care system. Instead I found a system that was quick to separate children from their parents because they were living in poverty.
I thought I would help families by working in the foster care system. Instead I found a system that was quick to separate children from their parents because they were living in poverty.
An intake call screening center for the Allegheny County Children and Youth Services office.
An intake call screening center for the Allegheny County Children and Youth Services office.
Nov 23, 2022

Your Mini Guide to Discussing Abortion Rights at the Dinner Table

Here’s a handy reference of facts when discussing abortion rights with friends and family at the dinner table.
Here’s a handy reference of facts when discussing abortion rights with friends and family at the dinner table.
A decorated holiday table.
A decorated holiday table.
Nov 22, 2022

The Club Q Shooting Took Trans Lives and Destabilized a Community

The shooting is a logical extension of politicians’ efforts to deny transgender people our safety, community, and families.
The shooting is a logical extension of politicians’ efforts to deny transgender people our safety, community, and families.
A waving rainbow flag reading "Rest In Power Daniel Aston" sits at the memorial created outside of Club Q.
A waving rainbow flag reading "Rest In Power Daniel Aston" sits at the memorial created outside of Club Q.
Nov 21, 2022

“Keep Our Families Together”: A Law That Protects Native Families is at Risk

Two Native people share how the Indian Child Welfare Act impacted their lives as the law faces a challenge at the Supreme Court.
Two Native people share how the Indian Child Welfare Act impacted their lives as the law faces a challenge at the Supreme Court.
A woman holding a child.
A woman holding a child.