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CNBSeen

CNBSeen seeks to reduce the number of profiling of vehicles with burnt out lights by replacing burnt out lights on vehicles for free. This helps 1) Reduce the number of stops which have resulted in confrontations between police and innocent people of color (esp), 2) Reduce the amount of financial hardship on drivers who may find themselves having to pay concurrent fines, and 3) Promote public safety on the road by repairing broken lights. [more inside]
posted by CollectiveMind on Jun 9, 2020 - 1 comment

Escorts in NC since Backpage shutdown

The complexities of sex work in the post-backpage era, focusing on North Carolina's Research Triangle
posted by FiftyShadesOfBae on Jul 12, 2018 - 0 comments

The Internet's Biggest Corporate Crime Database in danger of going offline

Back when we started the KNOWMORE.ORG project in 2005, we posted about it here, Excited young pups that we were. In the time in between we educated hundreds of thousands of readers over the last decade, covered the entire Global Fortune 500 and then some, and rated each company for Worker's Rights, Environmental Concerns, Human Rights, Political Influence and Business Ethics. We created an award winning browser plug-in, helped remove Dov Charney from American Apparel, and did it all on volunteer hours and DIY fundraising before crowdsourcing existed. Sadly, pending a crowdsourcing appeal, the site is in danger of closing down this April. [more inside]
posted by bernard@knowmore on Feb 5, 2017 - 2 comments

Saving Our Sisters: A Grassroot Movement helping mothers avoid reliquishment

Building a Mothers Network "The network has been providing the very support that many of the birthmothers wish they been given when they were experiencing an unplanned pregnancy crisis and the threat of adoption seemed the only way out." If you know a mom in a crisis pregnancy who wants to birth and parent but is concerned about a lack of resources, financial security, support, or emotional issues they need help with, let them know about this resource. [more inside]
posted by xarnop on Mar 20, 2015 - 1 comment

35 Years of World War 3 Illustrated - An Interview

All involved are amazing artists who have been doing political comics for decades. World War 3 Illustrated (or WW3 for short) is the longest-running anthology of social justice-themed comics in the world. [more inside]
posted by nmguiniling on Feb 25, 2014 - 0 comments

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