Multiple Marginality
sometimesa-poet: “Prisons are a profitable business. They are a way of legally perpetuating slavery. In every state more and more prisons are being built and even more are on the drawing board. Who are they for? They certainly aren’t planning to put white people in them. Prisons are part of this government’s genocidal war against Black and Third World people.” Assata An Autobiography.
motherjones: Pima County, Arizona, is the only county in the United States that tracks migrant deaths. Here’s every one since 2001.
latimes: One in 10 adults in the U.S. entered the country illegally A new study by USC researchers reveals the broad scope of undocumented immigration, with Los Angeles hosting particularly large populations in Koreatown and South L.A. And a large proportion of those who have entered the country illegally call California their new home: One in four of the estimated 11 million people thought to be in the United States without legal authorization lives in California. Statewide, the USC study estimates that about 7% of residents, or more than 2.6 million people, are in the country illegally. Read the full results of the study here. Photo: Jae C. Hong / Associated Press

» 7 Dodgy Food Practices Banned in Europe But Just Fine Here

motherjones:

We’ve got it all here in the Land of the Free, from endocrine-disrupting herbicides to stress-causing feed additives.

nbd, just arsenic in turkey feed, nothing to see here.

rrrogerthattt: queereyes-queerminds: lostruth: Power Structure of Oppression Yes. Yes. YES.  Thank youuu

» MishLApitan: Disney Wants To Trademark 'Dia De Los Muertos'

On May 1, Disney filed trademark applications to secure the phrase “Dia de los Muertos” across multiple platforms for anupcoming Pixar film.

The areas they are hoping to secure include “education and entertainment services,” “fruit preserves; fruit-based snack foods,” “toys, games and…