Formed in 2009, the Archive Team (not to be confused with the archive.org Archive-It Team) is a rogue archivist collective dedicated to saving copies of rapidly dying or deleted websites for the sake of history and digital heritage. The group is 100% composed of volunteers and interested parties, and has expanded into a large amount of related projects for saving online and digital history.
There is little recourse when a visa application is denied because of a criminal background. In order to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, it is vital for the country to nix the idea of criminality altogether.
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Growing Up On the Migration Route
For many migrant families, shelters near the U.S.โMexico border are becoming more critical as immigration becomes more fraught.
Colombian Activists Destigmatize Drug Useโand Make It Safer
After a failed War on Drugs, รchele Cabeza is working to protect drug consumers rather than penalize them.
Indigenous Stewards Reclaim Prison Land
The Appalachian Rekindling Project purchased land in Kentucky that was designated for a federal prison.
When ICE Comes, the Bay Area Protects Their Own
Rapid response offers a model of defense grounded in a refusal to let immigrants face harm alone.
My Ancestors Knew That a Revolution Must Be Fed
Food is a vehicle through which Asians in diaspora can see ourselves in futures we have been excluded from.
Safe Homes: Indiaโs Mixed-Status Couples Navigate Caste and Faith
Indiaโs social fabric remains hostile to interfaith and intercaste couples. But โsafe homesโ offer some security.
Trauma Prevention Is Crime Prevention
When people's needs are met, there is less violenceโand less need for policing and prisons.
How Popular Resistance Constrained Trump in His First Term
If activists want to oppose Trump in his second term, then they must study the successful progressive movements of his first one.
Trump Disappears Hundreds of Venezuelans Into a Gulag
The Trump administration illegally rescinded Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan nationals. What can be done?
Immigrants Fight ICE Raids
Defensive measures such as Know Your Rights trainings are helping those near the U.S.-Mexico border ward off devastating raids.
Trump Unleashes New McCarthyism Against Palestine Activism
Mahmoud Khalil has not been charged or a convicted of any crime, but he is still facing deportation.
A Prison-Based Program Interrupts the Cycle of Violence
The California Institution for Men connects survivors with those who have caused harm.
The Solution to Family Violence Is Not Incarceration
We can address and even prevent domestic violence without relying on the criminal justice system.
Safe Havens for Trans Migrants on the U.S.-Mexico Border
As asylum options dwindle in the U.S., Mexico is strengthening paths to citizenship for trans migrants.
Can the Movement for Reparations Survive Under Trump?
Reparations is still our North Star for equity and redress in the United States.
A Violence-Prevention Helpline for Those Who Want to Change
A Call for Change helps domestic violence perpetrators hold themselves accountable.
Migrant Workers Shape Their Own Narratives
While migrant workers are regularly demonized by politicians, they have not been deterred from telling their own stories.
How Migrant Workers Are Organizing Against Trumpism
Migrants at Pasadenaโs National Day Laborer Organizing Network are facing deportation threats and wildfire recovery at the same time.
Memory Crafters Preserve Black Womenโs History
Black American memorializers are establishing a national public history landscape.
How DEI Initiatives Can Continue in Spite of Trump
Though Trump has dismantled federal DEI initiatives, efforts toward racial equity are continuing in other sectors.
Trump Begins Implementing Anti-Immigrant Agenda
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from implementing its birthright citizenship policy.
Food Justice As a Path Toward Abolition
While food justice may seem unrelated to abolition, Leah Penniman sees them as intimately linked.
Can Free Public Transit Eliminate the Need for Police?
Activists are calling for New York Cityโs subway system to be fully funded and police-free.
Talking About Abolition: Participatory Budgeting
Black Lives Matter LA is poised to prove that defunding police is not only necessary but possible.
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