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Tribal Members Proven Right as Border Wall Contractors Desecrate Ancestors’ Remains
“Who knows what more will come up,” said a Hia-Ced O’odham elder. “They’re going to find remains wherever they dig.”
Kansas City Residents Won a Rare Victory Against Racist Gerrymandering
Missouri is among the few states to push back against Republican-drawn maps. This is how voters did it.
Masked White Supremacists Are Stoking Residential School Denialism in Canada
“We have endured fear, and we will not be intimidated,” one Indigenous leader said.
Trump’s Justice Department Ditches Civil Rights and School Desegregation Cases
“Walking away from them doesn’t mean the discrimination has been addressed,” points out a former agency official.
Organizers Are Pushing to Reach “Forgotten” Black Voters Ahead of the Midterms
The efforts target college students, first-time voters, and the formerly incarcerated, particularly in the South.
Indigenous People Are Resisting Erasure From Schools, Media, and Our Land
Joining the fight against our erasure helps Native communities defend our right to be seen, heard, and counted.
Trump Openly Incites Race War, Calling for “Fight” Against Somalis in Minnesota
The president suggested that he would send federal agents to aid with attacks on the Somali community.
Black and African Studies Programs Are Disappearing From College Campuses
Over a dozen public and private colleges and universities in the US have closed, merged, or scaled back these programs.
Big Tech Is Trampling Native Treaty Rights to Build Data Centers
Tribal consultation isn’t optional, but the corporations building data centers in New Mexico are acting like it is.
Some Black Los Angelenos May Soon Receive Environmental Reparations
New legislation would steer $5 million collected from penalized oil wells into cash aid for 1,000 nearby households.
Robin D. G. Kelley: What We’re Experiencing Right Now Is Fascism
Technologies from Israel have turbocharged surveillance by ICE, Border Patrol, and the Department of Homeland Security.
The EPA Is Planning to Scrap Public Review Rules for Data Center Pollution
Americans strongly oppose data centers in their communities. The federal government wants to make them easier to build.
25 Years Later, We Still Live in the World the War on Terror Made
The war on terror was not inevitable, nor was the extraordinary violence carried out in its name necessary.