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Obama: “We Are Not Cured” of Racism
President Obama spoke openly about racism in the United States during a podcast with comedian Marc Maron.
Is the FBI Ignoring White Violence by Refusing to Call Dylann Roof a Terrorist?
Kevin Alexander Gray and Richard Cohen discuss whether the shooting in Charleston was an act of domestic terrorism.
Dylann Roof’s Links to Hate Group Revealed After Charleston Church Massacre
“Roof was an excellent student, it seems, of the white supremacist world,” says Richard Cohen.
Living and Dying After Rwanda’s 1994 Genocide
Kayitesi Jeanette is 21 years old, as is the genocide that orphaned her. The brutal impacts of the Rwandan genocide live on.
Massacre at South Carolina’s Emanuel AME an Attack on Historic Landmark of African-American Freedom
The church attacked in the Charleston, South Carolina, massacre that left nine people dead is home to the oldest black congregation south of Baltimore.
As Nation Mourns Nine Black Victims of Church Massacre, Details of Suspect’s White Supremacy Emerge
Man has been arrested for church massacre.
The Dominican Republic’s “Ethnic Purging”: Edwidge Danticat on Mass Deportation of Haitian Families
The Dominican Republic's decision to denationalize hundreds of thousands of people has sparked international outcry.
Queer Voices From Cuba
Organizing from below and to the left of the state is not easy in present-day Cuba.
Surviving the Drought in California: Farm Workers Struggle to Put Food on the Table
Undocumented farm workers are hit the hardest because of California's extreme drought.
What Do 800-Year-Old Magna Carta and Black Lives Matter Have in Common?
Peter Linebaugh draws connections between the Magna Carta and the Black Lives Matter movement.