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Over the past year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has bused more than 13,000 migrants to Chicago. Many entered the city with next to…
Rebekah Barber
Rebekah Barber is a staff writer at NPQ. Prior to coming to NPQ, she was an inaugural Frances Ellen Watkins Harper editor at The 19th News. She was also a writer at Facing South, the online magazine for the Institute for Southern Studies. Her work has also been featured in The Nation, Truthout, The Appeal and other outlets. She has degrees in English and history from North Carolina Central University and a Master of Public Policy degree from Duke University.
After seeing firsthand how the juvenile justice system affected their relatives, advocates are pushing for alternatives to youth incarceration and working to…
On January 1, Illinois will become the first state in the country to officially eliminate its cash bail system when the Pretrial Fairness Act…
Workers are continuing to organize in the South — and they’re getting the attention of people running for office
“I am here because we are trying to organize, so we can build these unions and make a better way of life and get out of low-wage working”
A new rule that would change U.S. immigration policy to bar legal immigrants from permanent residency if they or someone in their household has benefited from public assistance programs
There have already been reports of immigrants withdrawing from safety-net programs out of fear that their immigration status could be in jeopardy
The Fight For $15 movement has won some important victories since it was launched seven years ago. Just last month, the Democratic-controlled…
On Liberty Island in New York City stands the 305-foot-tall Lady Liberty. She is holding a tablet upon which is inscribed the…
North Carolina activists held 22 simultaneous vigils across the state earlier this month to remember the thousands of people who have suffered and died in the state for lack of health care