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Thanksgiving Can Never Be Redeemed From Its Colonial Past. Let’s Abolish It.
The work of decolonization means refusing the banal evil of Thanksgiving.
![Activists with Our Revolution hold up signs spelling out "Defend Democracy" while calling for accountability for the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall on October 20, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1435087123-400x300.jpg)
Elections Matter, But What We Do Between Them Matters Even More
We must keep defending the political rights we have while simultaneously organizing and mobilizing for something better.
![Native youth rally in front of the Supreme Court on November 9, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/2022_1111-EveryChildMatters11922-400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court Considers Dismantling Native Sovereignty in “Haaland v. Brackeen”
The Supreme Court is deciding whether to overturn four decades of legal precedent on Indigenous rights.
![Jackie McDonald, 62, a former U.S. Navy Veteran who was homeless for 14 months, became emotional when describing her feelings about moving into the facility in Boston's Brighton on September 16, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/2022_1111-veteran-400x300.jpg)
Programs to Assist Unhoused People Fall Short for Black Veterans
Black veterans often face racial discrimination and bias during service, then experience disparities in VA care after.
![Demonstrators take part in the Black Voters Matter's 57th Selma to Montgomery March on March 9, 2022, in Selma, Alabama.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/2022_1108-black-voters-matter-400x300.jpg)
Black Lives Matter — They Can’t Be Up for Debate Each Election Season
We can imagine a world in which every Black person is thriving, and we demand policies that will make that a reality.
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1 in 5 Black Voters in Tennessee Have Been Disenfranchised by State Policies
The state makes little data available about who has lost the right to vote and why.
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Supreme Court Appears Poised to Strike Down Affirmative Action
Conservative Ed Blum has brought many cases before SCOTUS to challenge race-conscious policy making as unconstitutional.
![Bishops departing the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on July 25, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/GettyImages-1242114043-400x300.jpg)
Abusive Priests Were Clustered at Mission Schools in Native Communities
A new mapping project supports claims the Church used tribal communities as “dumping grounds” for abusers.
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Black Voters Mobilize for Midterms Amid GOP-Led Voter Suppression
The “Arc of Voter Justice” bus tour is visiting 26 cities to increase Black voter turnout at critical midterm elections.
![Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito, left, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pose for an official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on October 7, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/2022_1017-ketanji-brown-jackson-400x300.jpg)
Ketanji Brown Jackson Cleverly Turned the Right’s Own Judicial Theory Against It
Jackson used “originalism” against the right's “race-neutral” voting theory in oral arguments on “Merrill v. Milligan.”