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Racial Justice
Over 160 Years After Abolition, Anti-Black Racism Still Structures US Economy
Scholars Michelle Holder and Jeannette Wicks-Lim share their analysis of the formation of US anti-Black racism.
San Diego Mosque Shooting Follows Decades of State-Enabled Anti-Muslim Violence
Seeking safety from state institutions that enact anti-Muslim violence is a contradictory strategy.
Federal Judges Block Alabama From Using Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Map
The panel had been ordered to review its decision on the map after a recent SCOTUS ruling gutted the Voting Rights Act.
Black Workers Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine During Trump 2.0
In 2016, Trump asked Black voters what they had to lose if he was president. In 2026, the answer is clear.
UC Is Finalizing Its Land-Use Rules Without Involving Directly Impacted Tribes
Some Native leaders say the omission is not an oversight -- it is a structural problem baked into the framework itself.
Tennessee’s War on Black Political Power Demands Not Just Outrage But Resistance
The struggle isn’t just about surviving the next election -- we must secure civil rights for the next generation.
Black Disenfranchisement Has Not Been This Intense Since Jim Crow
The federal government is carrying forward a white nationalist backlash to the mass uprisings that took place in 2020.
GOP and SCOTUS Unleashed a “Gerrymandering Arms Race” at Expense of Black Voters
Without the Voting Rights Act, “multiracial democracy in America will be under threat forever,” reporter Ari Berman says.
500-Year-Old Slave Revolt of 1526 Redefines Freedom as US Turns 250
Before 1776 or 1619, enslaved Africans seized freedom in 1526 on land that would become the United States.
Trump Relies on Centuries-Old Notions of Whiteness to Activate His MAGA Base
Whiteness is baked into the US’s DNA. Can it be structurally dismantled?