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Racial Justice
In Canada, Denialism Grows Over Residential Schools Ahead of Orange Shirt Day
As the U.S. and Canada observe days to reckon with their history of Native genocide, racist backlash is growing.
Kansas Technical Institute Is the Story of a Literal School-to-Prison Pipeline
The vocational college once served Black students in Topeka, Kansas. Now, it's the site of a women's prison.
Tribes Strike Historic Deal for Return of Children Buried at Residential School
The agreement is “finally righting a wrong that was done to us so many years ago,” said one Arapaho tribe member.
Dorothy Roberts Lays Out a Damning Exposé of Medical Racism and “Child Welfare”
Scholar Dorothy Roberts exposes effects of anti-Black mythmaking and calls for an end to the family policing system.
White Supremacy and “White Innocence” Were Behind the Killings in Jacksonville
Philosopher George Yancy responds to the murder of three Black people in Jacksonville, Florida, by a white supremacist.
For Second Time, Fed Court Strikes Down Racial Gerrymander of Alabama Districts
The court ordered a cartographer and a special master to redraw the maps by the end of the month.
Justice vs. Urgency Is a False Choice for Climate Action, Says GND Architect
The IRA's passage included concessions that perpetuate environmental racism, says policy expert Rhiana Gunn-Wright.
I’m Tired of “Thoughts and Prayers” From Those Who Foment Racist Violence
The Jacksonville shooting victims deserved more than a governor who trivializes their lives with his politics.
Jacksonville Has History of Racial Terror, Says Civil Rights Leader Rodney Hurst
A white mob led by the Ku Klux Klan attacked Black civil rights protesters in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1960.
Are We Closer to or Further From MLK’s Dream 60 Years After March on Washington?
“As things can go forwards, so can they go backwards,” says author and professor of sociology Gary Younge.