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“A Time Before Fear”: Notes From a Black Panther Who Spent 41 Years Behind Bars
Russell Shoatz’s posthumously published autobiography documents a lifetime of fighting for Black liberation.
Thanksgiving Myths Aim to Silence Indigenous Voices. We Won’t Be Silent.
Let’s reject all settlers myths this Thanksgiving and honor Indigenous resistance.
US Must Take Steps to Rectify Ongoing Injustices Faced by South Korean Adoptees
The US and private, US-based agencies played a major role in building a corrupt transnational adoption industry.
ICE Has Secretly Been Recording Inaccurate Data, Hiding Racial Disparities
Records obtained by immigration advocates show Homeland Security falsely claimed not to collect racial data.
Native Tribes Call for 3 New National Monuments to Protect Land From Extraction
Indigenous advocates say the Biden administration approving the protections would be “a first step” toward land back.
Biden’s Apology Energizes Push for Truth Commission on Indian Boarding Schools
A survivor of the boarding schools says the apology mattered, but it’s what happens next that truly “tells the tale.”
Legacy of John Brown’s Abolitionist Raid Lives On, 165 Years Later
Activists today can learn from John Brown’s raid on a federal arsenal and from the Black abolitionists who inspired him.
Indigenous Sovereignty Is Under Attack as Supreme Court Bends Rules for Settlers
In the past 30 years, Indigenous tribes and tribal interests have lost two-thirds of all Supreme Court cases.
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.