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Dear Alyssa Milano: Will You Be My Co-Conspirator?

Mar 14, 2:48pm

Firing off some tweets, circulating petitions, giving speeches, and raising awareness about various issues is a perfectly admirable and safe endeavor. But if you really want to help LGBTQ people, people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, and everyone who lives in the intersections of those identities, we need you to do more.

[Photo: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor]

Sonia Sotomayor Is the Only Justice to Connect Voter Purge Laws With Their Real-Life Consequences

Jun 12, 5:51pm Imani Gandy

Justice Sotomayor's dissent puts into perspective just how much is at stake with the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to safeguard voting rights.

[Photo: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas]

Clarence Thomas Manages to Be Wrong Even When He’s on the Right Side

Jun 4, 5:58pm Imani Gandy

Justice Thomas' concurring opinion in Collins v. Virginia makes clear that he is living in a fantasy of his own creation—not the reality where Black people are routinely stripped of their Fourth Amendment rights.

[Photo: A group of cops with masks gather near a counter-protest]

‘Cop’ Is Not a Protected Identity

May 11, 4:32pm Imani Gandy

The "Protect and Serve Act" would serve to further criminalize already overpoliced communities.

[Photo: A Black and white photo of the jury dressed in clothes from the 1920's]

Washington Supreme Court Passes New Rule to Tackle the State’s All-White Jury Problem

Apr 11, 2:41pm Imani Gandy

The rule outlaws intentional racial discrimination, of course; such a thing is already unconstitutional. But it also outlaws peremptory challenges based on “implicit, institutional, and unconscious” race and ethnic biases.

Imani Gandy

Prosecutors’ Racially Discriminatory Tactics May Lead to New Trial for Johnny Lee Gates

Mar 29, 12:42pm

The prosecution labeled the white prospective jurors as “W” and the Black prospective jurors as “N” and singled out the Black prospective jurors by marking dots in the margins next to their names.

Imani Gandy

The Next Head of Planned Parenthood Should Be a Black Feminist

Feb 5, 1:49pm

White supremacy and misogyny are a rot in the Trump administration, and that rot is spreading.

Imani Gandy

Sessions’ Weed Adviser Wants to Drug Test Everyone. Yes, Everyone.

Jan 5, 5:08pm

This is par for the course in Robert DuPont's decades-long battle against cannabis—and with Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the helm of the Department of Justice, he's found a kindred spirit in his cause.