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We Don’t Need More Evidence That Police Can’t Be Trusted. We Need Real Safety.
We must demand systems of care and accountability that affirm and sustain life and our environment for the long term.
Landmark California Task Force Calls for “Comprehensive Reparations” for Slavery
The task force's report backs wide-ranging reforms to redress the harms of state-sanctioned white supremacy.
Violence of Settler Colonialism Stretches Across Generations of Native Families
“An Enemy Such as This” tells the history of colonialism from the perspective of those who suffered war and occupation.
After Mass Shootings, Republicans Shield White Supremacists From Scrutiny
By killing a domestic terrorism prevention bill, the GOP sent a clear signal to its white supremacist supporters.
Native Hawaiians Are Confronting the Legacies of “Indian Boarding Schools”
The inclusion of institutions from Hawaii in a new report on colonial boarding schools raises important questions.
Two Years After Police Murder of George Floyd, Activists Fight an Uphill Battle
Activists continue to push for progressive priorities like defunding police despite acute right-wing backlash.
New Laws Make It Hard for Some Educators to Discuss Buffalo Shooting in Class
In some states, laws now limit how teachers can discuss race, “divisive concepts” or current events.
Whistleblower Warns Development Threatens Louisiana’s Sacred Black History Sites
Plans to build a $400 million grain elevator would disrupt Black burial grounds and educational sites about slavery.
Anti-Terrorism Bill Targeting White Supremacists Puts House GOP on the Defensive
Progressives put civil liberties “guardrails” in the domestic terrorism bill passed by the House this week.
“Innocent” White People Are Also Complicit in the Anti-Black Murders in Buffalo
We can’t let the more quotidian operations of whiteness, which feed anti-Black violence every day, off the hook.