Two signs are held up during the May Day March In Manhattan, New York on May 1, 2025. The largest of the signs is in the foreground and reads"We Are a Nation of Immigrants," while the smaller in the background reads, " WE ARE ALL (EXCEPT NATIVE...

Help Wanted: Oklahoma’s Immigration Crisis and the Urgent Need For Habeas Counsel

Oklahoma has a growing immigration enforcement crisis.

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NextGen Meeting: Find your voice. Create change.

The goal of this program is to provide students with a place to meet other young advocates, connect with community leaders, and learn new skills and information that will allow them to be better advocates in their schools and communities.

The purpose of this first meeting is for students to get to know each other and meet community organizing leaders in OKC. Students will also have a chance to brainstorm ideas on how to approach pressing issues in their communities.

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How Artificial Intelligence Might Prevent You From Getting Hired

AI-based tools are used throughout hiring processes, increasing the odds of discrimination in the workplace.

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Know Your Rights: Back to School Edition

With the start of the new school year, it is the perfect time to review your student rights.

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Hotel Accessibility Reaches the Supreme Court

When a hotel fails to provide accessibility features on its website, prospective guests with disabilities can’t know if it is safe and usable. This is discrimination.

A wheelchair accessibility sign in front of the Supreme Court.

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.

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.

The Role of Legal Observers

Legal Observers are trained volunteers who monitor and document law enforcement and other public officers’ interaction with people in Oklahoma who are participating in the democratic process by protesting, voting, or attending public meetings.

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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.