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Aug 12, 2022

UN Racial Justice Review Gives Biden Opportunity to Center International Human Rights

Racial Justice
The administration claimed significant progress in its report and presentation to the United Nations, but true progress has been sluggish.
The administration claimed significant progress in its report and presentation to the United Nations, but true progress has been sluggish.
Delegates, arrayed in an expanding circle of desks, attend the 50th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Delegates, arrayed in an expanding circle of desks, attend the 50th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Aug 5, 2022

Fifty-Seven Years After its Enactment, the Voting Rights Act is in Peril

Voting Rights
On this anniversary of the VRA, the fight to secure the right to vote faces its greatest battles in over a generation.
On this anniversary of the VRA, the fight to secure the right to vote faces its greatest battles in over a generation.
An African-American woman dropping their ballot off during early voting in Athens, Ga.
An African-American woman dropping their ballot off during early voting in Athens, Ga.
Aug 4, 2022

Ivy MacDonald

Ivy is a Montana based filmmaker and enrolled member of the Blackfeet tribe of Browning Montana. She graduated from the University of Montana in 2017 with a BFA in Digital Filmmaking. Over the last five...

Ivy is a Montana based filmmaker and enrolled member of the Blackfeet tribe of Browning Montana. She graduated from the University of Montana in 2017 with a BFA in Digital Filmmaking. Over the last five...

Ivy MacDonald
Ivy MacDonald
Aug 4, 2022

John Isaiah Pepion

John Isaiah Pepion, is a Plains Indian graphic artist from the Piikani Band of the Blackfoot Confederacy. He is based out of the Blackfeet reservation in north-central Montana, where the Rocky Mountains...

John Isaiah Pepion, is a Plains Indian graphic artist from the Piikani Band of the Blackfoot Confederacy. He is based out of the Blackfeet reservation in north-central Montana, where the Rocky Mountains...

John Ppepion
John Ppepion
Jul 18, 2022

New Records Detail DHS Purchase and Use of Vast Quantities of Cell Phone Location Data

Digital Privacy
Thousands of previously unreleased records illustrate how government agencies sidestep our Fourth Amendment rights.
Thousands of previously unreleased records illustrate how government agencies sidestep our Fourth Amendment rights.
A photo of three cell phone towers in front of a sunset.
A photo of three cell phone towers in front of a sunset.
Jul 12, 2022

Town Hall: The Future of Abortion in Montana

Reproductive Freedom

Wondering what the U.S. Supreme Court decision means in Montana? Watch this virtual town hall event featuring comments from featuring comments from experts in the field.

Wondering what the U.S. Supreme Court decision means in Montana? Watch this virtual town hall event featuring comments from featuring comments from experts in the field.

Abortion
Abortion