According to Hadar Aviram, the death penalty, life without the possibility of parole, and life with parole converged into a virtually indistinguishable regime of extreme punishment in California. She describes the roles played by the Manson family murder cases and the politicization of the parole process in the shift toward interminable incarceration. Hadar Aviram, Yesterday’s … Continued


The planet is getting hotter and the effects of global warming are compounding.  The crisis of all ecological systems are becoming more evident.  And yet so are environmental movements, which have become larger and more visible than ever.  Scholar Julie Sze reflects on the history of struggles for environmental justice and the movement that we … Continued