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Think Confederate Monuments Are Racist? Consider Pioneer Monuments
These statues ignore the cost of white settlement on Native lands, reinforce white dominance and erase ethnic diversity.
US and Russian Filmmakers With Disabilities Collaborate in New Documentary
As US-Russia tensions mount, a group of filmmakers has found a common bond: their disabilities.
Stand Your Ground Law Is Back in Spotlight After Parking Lot Shooting
There's a clear bias against people of color in the law's interpretation, say local racial and social justice groups.
The Brutal Personal Costs of the Philippines’ Human Rights Abuses
There are profound and far-reaching reverberations of state-induced violence in the Philippines.
Meet Ahed Tamimi, the 17-Year-Old West Bank Activist Jailed for Eight Months
Ahed Tamimi discusses her experience in Israeli custody.
“Those Who Are Targeted Know What the State’s Agenda Has Been”
If we want to stop state violence, it's not going to be through reforming harmful institutions, but dismantling them.
Battle for Water Rights Heats Up in El Salvador
Social movements fear politicians backed by big business are about to privatize El Salvador's already scarce water.
She Got Her Baby Back From Immigration Foster Care. Now What?
The first 36 hours of their reunion brought a mix of joy, questions about the separation and worries about the future.
Comic Details Saga of Escaped Slaves Who Formed Autonomous Communities
The communities may have perished quickly but their allure lives on through the mythologies they created.
Mexican Journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto Is Freed From Detention
Emilio Gutiérrez Soto denounces ICE detention centers.