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How the Climate Crisis Compounds Risks for Incarcerated Workers

October 26, 2022October 26, 2022 251 Views Climate change, Economic Justice, Incarceration, Labor

A version of this article was originally published in August 2021 on Climate XChange’s “Intersection” blog. PPR thanks Climate XChange

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2022 Print Edition Articles 

COVID-19 Policy-making Failed U.S. Workers: Labor organizing can deliver where legislators have stalled

July 5, 2022June 19, 2022 544 Views COVID-19, Labor, Trade Unions

The pandemic prompted many to think about how work shapes our own lives. It also highlighted how reliant we all

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It’s time for Massachusetts to pay reparations to close the racial homeownership gap.

June 27, 2022June 19, 2022 490 Views Antiracism, Economic Justice, Housing, Racial Justice

Governor Charlie Baker is hoping to bridge the racial homeownership gap in the state of Massachusetts. While his plan is

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Republicanism is just the first step. True independence for Barbados demands transformative change.

June 20, 2022June 19, 2022 439 Views Barbados, Decoloniality, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Racial Justice

On 30th November 2021, Barbados became a republic. Nearly 400 years after the first British ship arrived on the island,

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2022 Edition

May 16, 2022June 19, 2022 396 Views

The Progressive Policy Review is proud to present our 2022 edition, focusing on themes of global reparative justice, reimagining US institutions, and labor organizing.

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Harvard stole farmland in Brazil for years. Now they’re trying to walk away. The communities they’ve harmed deserve justice.

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 1377 Views

Palmerina Ferreira Lima was a small-scale farmer in the Brazilian Cerrado, until her land was stolen. At the age of

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Regardless of Roe: How the Texas GOP Perfected the Anti-Abortion Playbook

February 16, 2022February 15, 2022 1204 Views Abortion, Texas

Texas serves as a model for making abortion nearly unattainable, even while constitutionally protected. The fight for safe and legal abortion cannot end at SB8, nor can it end at keeping Roe intact in its current form. It has to go further.

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How Mayor Michelle Wu Can Put Racial Equity in the Fast Lane

November 24, 2021November 30, 2021 1093 Views Boston, MBTA, Public transit

While the Mayor doesn’t control the MBTA directly, she can make Boston’s transit system more equitable from day one. Jonathan Timm outlines four strategies for advancing racial equity in Boston’s public transit system.

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Open Letter: Against the Sale of U.S. Arms to Saudi Arabia

November 22, 2021November 25, 2021 1305 Views Congress, Militarism, U.S. Foreign Policy, Yemen

As a candidate, Joe Biden promised a values-based U.S. foreign policy towards Saudi Arabia. Less than a year into his presidency, Biden’s administration has abandoned that promise by resuming arms sales to Saudi Arabia, justifying the decision by saying the weapons do not support Saudi “offensive operations.”

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2021 Edition 

2021 Edition

September 17, 2021September 18, 2021 627 Views

The 2021 annual edition of the Progressive Policy Review, available for download

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