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MLK’s Struggle Against Policing and Surveillance Is Still Alive in Memphis Today
From surveillance of racial justice organizing to terror under Trump's Memphis task force, we face ongoing repression.
Trump Blocks Bill to Return Land to Florida Tribe That Fought Alligator Alcatraz
The US House has failed to override Trump's veto of a bill that would have restored territory to the Miccosukee Tribe.
Mamie Till-Mobley Refused to Let Her Son, Emmett Till, Be Forgotten
A new anthology marking the 70th anniversary of Emmett Till’s murder aims to stir action against white supremacy.
Venezuelan Oil Brought to US Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Coast Communities
Residents say US control of Venezuela’s heavy crude will worsen environmental racism along the Gulf.
Family Wants Search for Activist’s Remains at Site of Wounded Knee Occupation
Perry Ray Robinson disappeared after joining the American Indian Movement’s 1973 takeover on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Trump Is Using National Guard Attack to Collectively Punish Communities of Color
Trump has wreaked collective punishment on immigrants following the shooting of two National Guard members in DC.
Black History Has the Power to Ignite Movements. That’s Why the Right Fears It.
The administration's preemptive assault on history is a desperate attempt to stop new social movements from starting.
The Right Wants to Write Indigenous People Out of US History. We Won’t Let Them.
The Trump administration is reviving the visual language of manifest destiny and weaponizing the US’s founding myths.
Government Shutdown Is Straining Many Tribes’ Already Thin Reserve Funds
Along with SNAP, federal funding for the Low Income Heating Assistance Program has also taken a hit.
Black Communities Across the US Refuse to Be Sacrifice Zones for Data Centers
From Texas to Virginia and everywhere in between, Black residents are confronting these projects in different ways.