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![An undated file photo shows the bust of German philosopher Immanuel Kant in his museum in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2967740-800x600.jpg)
Kant’s Ideas Shaped Human Rights Theories. How Do We Contend With His Racism?
The anti-Black ideas within Immanuel Kant’s philosophy show how liberalism and racism are closely intertwined.
![Christian Cooper, author of Better Living Through Birding](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/ChristianCoopermemoir-400x300.jpg)
Author, Show Host & LGBTQ Activist Christian Cooper on Bird Watching While Black
Cooper made headlines in 2020 after a white woman in Central Park called 911 and falsely claimed he was threatening her.
![Anti-poverty activists construct plywood and canvas tents, known as Resurrection City, on the National Mall as part of the Poor People's Campaign in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 1968.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0619-Resurrection-City-400x300.jpg)
This Juneteenth, Let’s Celebrate International Black Struggle
As the global right wing casts its shadow, we draw strength from the long tradition of Black internationalism.
![People celebrate Juneteenth at the African Burial Ground National Monument on June 19, 2023, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0619-Juneteenth-400x300.jpg)
Juneteenth Reminds Us That “Black Freedom” Is an Ongoing Project
Juneteenth reminds us that freedom — however seemingly impossible or ineffable — is worth spending our lives pursuing.
![Hawaiian hula dancers join 24 other island delegations at the opening ceremony of the Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture. The eight-hour marathon of music and dance took place at the Stan Sheriff Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa on June 6, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/FestPACOpeningCeremoniesAtUHHawaiianDancers-1-400x300.jpg)
Pacific Islander Festival Uplifts Anti-Colonial Solidarity Amid Climate Crisis
Pacific Islanders convened this month to celebrate traditions and resist colonialism, nuclearism and climate change.
![109 year old survivor of the Tulsa Race massacre Viola Fletcher (left) and Hughes Van Ellis (right) at 102 years old, is a survivor of the Massacre and brother of Mother Viola Fletcher speaks about their memoir in Washington D.C., on June 18, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0613-tulsa-400x300.jpg)
Oklahoma Supreme Court Dismisses Lawsuit From Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors
The survivors had sought financial reparations from the city for its failure to protect Black residents.
![Members of community groups calling for the decolonization and demilitarization of Guam attend a "People for Peace" rally in Hagatna, Guam, on August 14, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-831278120-400x300.jpg)
Indigenous People of Guam Are Fighting US Militarism and Environmental Ruin
US military activities are damaging the environment and livelihoods of Indigenous CHamoru people.
![Miners carry bags of ore in the copper-cobalt Shabara artisanal mine near the town of Kolwezi, Lualaba, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 20, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1577416907-400x300.jpg)
US’s Electric Vehicle Boom Is Deepening the Suffering in the Congo
Black transit activists in the US are calling attention to the plunder of the Congo for cobalt mining.
![The Mississippi State Capitol building is seen on August 31, 2022, in Jackson, Mississippi.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1242841102-400x300.jpg)
Mississippi Sat on Federal Funds That Could Have Stopped Jackson’s Water Crisis
A new report reveals a trail of red flags that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to raise.
![Jordan Elgrably, artistic director of the Levantine Cultural Center in West Hollywood, is the editor of the new anthology, Stories From the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-564068491-400x300.jpg)
Muslim and Arab Writers Are Challenging Western Imperialism’s Narrative
In a new anthology, writers from Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) tell the stories the West tries to erase.
![Schoolchildren walk back to class and play in front of a mural on December 12, 2005, in Pasadena, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0517-brown-v-board-400x300.jpg)
Schools and Parents Still Fight Segregation 70 Years After “Brown v. Board”
Integration within the Pasadena Unified School District has been a focus of national attention since 1970.
![Baby holds parents finger in close-up](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0507-baby-400x300.jpg)
Great Plains Tribes Face Unchecked Syphilis Outbreak as Federal Response Lags
More than 3 percent of Native babies born in South Dakota last year had the curable — but potentially fatal — disease.
![A contractor working for the City of Jackson watches as water from a damaged water main break runs along McLaurin Road on December 29, 2022, in Jackson, Mississippi.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1247284492-400x300.jpg)
How the Jackson Water Crisis Turned Into a Struggle Against Privatization
Thanks to a federal ruling, residents of Jackson will have a say in how the city resolves its yearslong water crisis.