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A Survivor of Violence Is Being Punished in “the Best Place to Live in America”
Survivors of violence face double persecution: first at the hands of abusers, and then at the hands of the legal system.
States Legislators Can Usher In an Anti-Racist, Equitable Recovery. Here’s How.
Billions in unspent federal pandemic aid can be used to uplift and invest in struggling communities.
House Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill With Racial Justice Provisions
Democrats could give President Joe Biden the historic opportunity to finally end federal prohibition of cannabis.
Family Members of Emmett Till and Ida B. Wells Respond to Anti-Lynching Law
President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law on Tuesday, culminating over a century of advocacy.
Uprising for Black Lives Drove Cancellation of Joint US-Israeli Police Trainings
Ending police exchanges will help build a world where our ties are of solidarity and common pursuits for justice.
To Treat All Refugees Like Human Beings, Europe Must Confront Its Racism
Europe’s generosity toward Ukrainians is no sign of hope for thousands at its borders who are not white and Christian.
Anti-Black Racism Is Global. So Must Be the Movement to End It.
With the treatment of Black refugees in Ukraine, we witnessed in real time how Black lives do not matter globally.
Promised Debt Relief, Some Black Farmers Instead Get Collection Notices
Farmers and advocates fear massive land loss and foreclosures if a USDA legal muddle doesn't get straightened out.
Biden Promised to Center Racial Justice. He Can Start by Canceling Student Debt.
By one estimate, cancellation of student debt would result in an increase in Black wealth of nearly 40 percent.
In a Victory for Activists, Lawsuit Against Arizona’s ALEC Lawmakers Can Proceed
Racial justice groups say Arizona Republicans violated a state open meetings law at a secretive right-wing summit.