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Racial Justice
How “Blue Lives Matter” Bill Paved Way for Racist Shooting in Kentucky
As a community mourns last week's racist killings in Kentucky, local leaders speak out.
We Must Pressure Mainstream Forces to Stop Downplaying the Far Right
As the last week showed us, violence is integral to the far right.
DeRay Mckesson’s Misguided Case for Hope
In DeRay Mckesson’s newly published book, readers are left with more frustrating questions than answers.
Proud Boy Peril
Violent gangs of white thugs are terrorizing our inner cities. More evidence of white culture's decline?
Conservative Lawsuit Against Harvard Could End Affirmative Action
Racial inequality in education persists, despite conservative arguments to the contrary.
Brett Kavanaugh Is a Threat to Racial Justice and Voting Rights
The fate of the Voting Rights Act hangs in the balance.
Revolution, Not Amelioration, Is Necessary to End Oppression
If the change we need is almost unimaginable, we're in an extremely dangerous situation.
To Overcome Oppression, the Violent Machinations of the Settler State Must Be Rejected
An excerpt from “As Black as Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation.”
Staggering Debt and Shattered Hopes: How Law Schools Fail Students of Color
Imagine what a difference more minority judges might make.
How the Medical System’s Bias Impedes Black Motherhood
Institutional racism drove me into a postpartum emergency.