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Racial Justice
Student Protest, the Black Lives Matter Movement and the Rise of the Corporate University
There are ways in which a diversity agenda aligns with neoliberal politics.
Most Racism Is Mundane
The lives of people of color are shaped by race in more ways than a white person might guess.
Maya Schenwar | To Make Health Care for All a Reality, Stop Killing People
Much of our tax money that could be funding universal health care is instead funneled toward prisons, policing and war.
Fifty Years Since Voting Rights Act Passed, Marchers From Selma to DC Demand Its Restoration
Marchers recently ended their nearly 1,000-mile “Journey for Justice” at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Texas Town Retains Confederate Monument Despite Civil Rights Activist’s 16 Years of Protest
A Texas man's more than decade-long battle to relocate a Confederate monument has reignited amid a national debate scrutinizing symbols of the Confederacy.
A Day With Jesse Jackson and a Look at the Failures of American Capitalism
Jesse Jackson is still pushing to level the playing field and create a society of equal opportunity for all Americans.
1969: The Year the Black Panther Party Was to Be Annihilated
Former member Elaine Brown talks about the savage attacks on the Black Panther Party in 1969.
Are Latinos White? Census Confusion Sparks Debate Over Racial Identity
El Paso - Anthropologists and Latino residents of El Paso have called into question recent statements made by a social activist that advise Hispanics to register their race as …
Reflections on Being Latino in America
I finally saw myself on television. And no, I wasn't delivering the news in Spanish. I saw myself represented on CNN's documentary, “Latino in America,” along with …
I Speak Spanish: Sorry About That
The issue of language and cultural identity continues to cause a stir in some corners of this country. In Dallas, the police chief announced that they were …