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![NYPD officers stand by as people take part in a rally in a show of solidarity with Muslims in the U.S. at Times Square on February 19, 2017, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0707-muslim-protest-400x300.jpg)
Twenty Years Later, It Is Still Time to Dismantle the War on Terror
New book “Innocent Until Proven Muslim” demands we hold war criminals to account for decades of systemic Islamophobia.
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White Supremacist Group Held a March in Boston and Attacked a Black Artist
Patriot Front members were seen attacking a local Black artist and musician -- as police looked on.
![Protest outside of BlackRock headquarters](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-1240900189-400x300.jpg)
War Profiteering, Ecocide & Policing: BlackRock Vies for Corporate Hall of Shame
BlackRock is one of the most powerful corporate actors on the planet, whose influence touches every aspect of our lives.
![Nikole Hannah-Jones Calls for Reparations in Speech to UN General Assembly](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/NHJ_UN1-400x300.jpg)
Nikole Hannah-Jones Calls for Reparations in Speech to UN General Assembly
“There can be no atonement if there is no repair,” said the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
![Jelani Hendrix and his three-year-old son L.J. staff the Black Alliance For Just Immigration (BAJI) booth at a Juneteenth celebration at Magic Johnson Park in Willowbrook, California, on June 17, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0619-juneteenth-about-us-400x300.jpg)
Juneteenth Reminds Us “In Between” Moments Are as Important as Uprisings
Much of the most vital organizing work is done in between the protests, uprisings and rebellions.
![Family members of George Floyd gather to mourn on the second anniversary of police killing of him in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/GettyImages-1240913583-400x300.jpg)
We Don’t Need More Evidence That Police Can’t Be Trusted. We Need Real Safety.
We must demand systems of care and accountability that affirm and sustain life and our environment for the long term.
![The Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans holds a public meeting in San Francisco, California, on April 13, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/firefox_q1S0i9aTbq-400x300.jpg)
Landmark California Task Force Calls for “Comprehensive Reparations” for Slavery
The task force's report backs wide-ranging reforms to redress the harms of state-sanctioned white supremacy.
![Photos of a Murdered Native woman, Anna Marie Scott, are shown at the First Annual Red Dress Powwow, which was held to bring awareness to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/GettyImages-1240532019-400x300.jpg)
Violence of Settler Colonialism Stretches Across Generations of Native Families
“An Enemy Such as This” tells the history of colonialism from the perspective of those who suffered war and occupation.
![Rep. Chip Roy speaks at a press conference alongside members of the Second Amendment Caucus outside the U.S. Capitol Building on March 8, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/GettyImages-1383121755-400x300.jpg)
After Mass Shootings, Republicans Shield White Supremacists From Scrutiny
By killing a domestic terrorism prevention bill, the GOP sent a clear signal to its white supremacist supporters.
![Photos of the Waiale‘e Industrial School from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser and Report of the Board of Industrial Schools of the Territory of Hawaii For the Period Ending December 31, 1916.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/05/2022_0526-hw-sch-400x300.jpg)
Native Hawaiians Are Confronting the Legacies of “Indian Boarding Schools”
The inclusion of institutions from Hawaii in a new report on colonial boarding schools raises important questions.