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Racial Justice
Here’s How Corporate Subsidies Are Exacerbating the Racial Wealth Gap
While every dollar in a city budget sustains scrutiny, the same attention isn’t applied to companies’ public subsidies.
Malcolm X Assassination Witness Says He Heard Police Ask If Killer Was “With Us”
“My testimony would have … pointed the finger of guilt at the establishment,” said Mustafa Hassan.
Indigenous Remains Destroyed as Federal Studies Undermine Repatriation Efforts
Federal funds have created incentives for institutions to hold on to ancestral remains, subverting the goals of NAGPRA.
White Leaders Prevent an Alabama Town’s First Black Mayor From Serving
For three years, Patrick Braxton says he has experienced harassment and intimidation.
60 Years After the March on Washington, 1 in 3 Black Children Live in Poverty
In the wake of a new report, Martin Luther King III says his dad’s dream is not realized and “our work is not over.”
Slavery Isn’t Just Black History — It’s US History
Over 100 political leaders descend from enslavers. It’s time for the U.S. to confront this history and its impacts.
Dutch King’s “Apology” for Colonial Slavery Is an Erasure of History
The king’s ancestors did more than "not take action" against slavery. They laid the foundation of slavery in the U.S.
Abolitionist Mariame Kaba Uncovers Hidden History of Black-Native Solidarity
A new zine explores the role Black icon Dick Gregory played in the Civil Rights-era struggle for Native fishing rights.
The Federalist Society Just Won Its 40-Year War on Affirmative Action
The opinions that killed affirmative action were written by six justices who all have ties to the Federalist Society.
I Saw the Importance of Affirmative Action at My Ivy League University Firsthand
Student activists led the fight for affirmative action decades ago. Let’s continue their struggle for racial equity.