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Taken From Families, Indigenous Children Face Extreme Rates of State Violence in US
South Dakota receives $79,000 per Native child per year under the adoption track of the state's foster care system.
Granddaughter of Segregationist Praises South Carolina for Removing Confederate Flag
Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill to remove the flag.
Lawmakers Go on Offensive With Landmark Pro-Choice Bill
The Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act would dismantle the ban on federal funding of abortion.
The End of Encryption? NSA and FBI Seek New Backdoors
The FBI and GCHQ have said they need access to encrypted communications to track criminals and terrorists.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha on Rethinking Safety and Disability Justice
We need transformative justice: a community-based approach paired with creative cultural work to shift our narratives around harm.
As Lawmakers Debate Removing Confederate Flag, Meet the Activist Who Took It Down
Bree Newsome took down the Confederate flag herself.
As Black Churches Burn Across the South, Are White Supremacist Attacks Continuing?
The FBI is launching an investigation into fires set at seven Black churches.
I Am Not Dylann Roof’s Woman
His claim to act in women's defense is as old as white supremacy itself, and it's been refuted for just as long.
Phil Thompson on the Historical Fight for Civil and Economic Rights
MIT's Phil Thompson discusses the historical opposition to slavery as a labor system, and the Black struggle to advance economic and human rights.
Rep. Nydia Velázquez: Freedom for Oscar López Rivera Unites Puerto Ricans Across Political Lines
This year marks Lopez's 34th year behind bars.