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Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Palestine Visit Revealed the Plain, Brutal Truth of Apartheid
Coates’s new book is based on his visit to the West Bank, where he saw a system of segregation reminiscent of Jim Crow.
Overdose Deaths May Be Decreasing Overall — But Not for Oppressed Communities
The US is still losing more than 100,000 people to drug overdoses every year, with stark racial disparities.
Community Groups in Ohio Fight Anti-Haitian Violence Stoked by Trump and Vance
Facing bomb threats and attacks, Springfield residents are organizing to counter anti-Haitian lies from the right.
My Palestinian Chicago Cafe Was Attacked. I Turned to the Community, Not Cops.
Palestinians and Palestinian businesses have been frequent targets since the genocide in Gaza began.
Arab American Leader Maya Berry Responds After GOP Senator’s Racist Questioning
Berry says the experience illustrated the very problem of dehumanization the hearing was meant to address.
What Would It Mean If the Harris Campaign Centered Black Women’s Health?
Black women are bedrock of the Democratic Party. What would it look like if their needs and lives were made central too?
“Our Power Is Where We Choose One Another”: Abolitionists Discuss Our Moment
“We are on the precipice of something big,” says Movement for Black Lives organizer M Adams.
Native Boarding Schools Were Genocidal — Healing Starts With Telling the Truth
True healing must center the Indigenous ways of being that these genocidal institutions tried to extinguish.
What Can the Black Freedom Struggle and Palestinian Liberation Teach Each Other?
“Solidarity is a rejection of a depoliticized pessimism, a pessimism engulfed by one’s suffering,” says Zahi Zalloua.
This Obscure Army Office Is Blocking Repatriation of Native Children’s Remains
The Office of Army Cemeteries is blocking the return of remains of children who died at the infamous Carlisle school.
Federal Judge Undoes Key Civil Rights Protections in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
The decision may open the door for other states to file similar lawsuits blocking efforts to fight environmental racism.
Michael Brown Jr.’s Father Is Still Fighting for Justice and His Son’s Legacy
He says city development ignores the reality of policing in an attempt “to rebrand Ferguson and erase what happened.”
Reject Fossil Colonialism on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
The growing power of Indigenous movements has created enormous potential for positive global change.