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Racial Justice
We Should Invoke the Genocide Convention in Response to Fatal Police Shootings
Based on the definition of genocide, an argument can be made that the U.S. is guilty of genocide against Black people.
Black Teen Jailed for Not Doing Her Online Schoolwork Is Released
A Michigan teenager who had been detained since mid-May after not doing her online schoolwork was released on Friday.
Bill Clinton Used John Lewis’s Funeral to Disparage the Black Freedom Struggle
Who is Bill Clinton to weigh in on whether or not civil rights organizer Kwame Ture went “too far”?
In Wake of Recent Victories, Standing Rock Activists Carry On With Renewed Hope
The recent spate of favorable pipeline rulings is just the first step on the long road to victory, say activists.
People of Color Are Facing Economic Devastation While Police Get a Blank Check
Activists are drawing attention to the connections between police killings and rising inequality across racial lines.
Legal Complaint Against Venmo Challenges Anti-Muslim Discrimination
This is the first U.S. case against Venmo’s policy of targeting transactions on the basis of religion and ethnicity.
Wells Fargo Reported Giving Only One Large PPP Loan to a Black-Owned Business
The bank processed more than 12,000 loans over $150,000. It reported giving only one to a Black-owned company.
Confronting White Supremacy Can’t Come Through Top-Down “Justice”
Our best hope lies in grassroots, community-led truth and reconciliation processes based in restorative justice.
Portland’s Wall of Moms Joined by Dads With Leaf Blowers Against Trump’s Police
Uprisings against police violence toward Black Americans were intensified by the presence of federal agents in Portland.
“I Felt Like I Was Going to Die”: The Late John Lewis on Selma’s “Bloody Sunday”
Lewis helped lead the historic 1965 Selma to Montgomery march, when he was almost beaten to death by police.