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Racial Justice
Two Years After Police Murder of George Floyd, Activists Fight an Uphill Battle
Activists continue to push for progressive priorities like defunding police despite acute right-wing backlash.
New Laws Make It Hard for Some Educators to Discuss Buffalo Shooting in Class
In some states, laws now limit how teachers can discuss race, “divisive concepts” or current events.
Whistleblower Warns Development Threatens Louisiana’s Sacred Black History Sites
Plans to build a $400 million grain elevator would disrupt Black burial grounds and educational sites about slavery.
Anti-Terrorism Bill Targeting White Supremacists Puts House GOP on the Defensive
Progressives put civil liberties “guardrails” in the domestic terrorism bill passed by the House this week.
“Innocent” White People Are Also Complicit in the Anti-Black Murders in Buffalo
We can’t let the more quotidian operations of whiteness, which feed anti-Black violence every day, off the hook.
Alicia Garza: “The Shooter Wrote a Manifesto, and My Name Was Included In It”
“White nationalist violence is escalating,” says Black Lives Matter cofounder Alicia Garza. “We need action.”
Racist Attack in Buffalo Was Crafted to Terrorize Us. Here’s How We Fight Back.
We must counter racist attacks with a diversity of tactics from community protection to deradicalizing white Americans.
India Walton: After Buffalo Mass Shooting, We Must Renew Calls for Reparations
The longtime community activist and former Buffalo mayoral candidate calls for policies to address white supremacy.
White Supremacist Massacre in Buffalo Shows “Alt-Right” Ideology Leads to Murder
The horrific shooting in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo stems from a long history of anti-Black violence in the U.S.
Sheriff Denies Racial Profiling After Deputies Search HBCU Team’s Bus for Drugs
A routine traffic stop was allegedly turned into a hunt for illegal substances after deputies saw the bus's occupants.