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Legacy of John Brown’s Abolitionist Raid Lives On, 165 Years Later
Activists today can learn from John Brown’s raid on a federal arsenal and from the Black abolitionists who inspired him.

Indigenous Sovereignty Is Under Attack as Supreme Court Bends Rules for Settlers
In the past 30 years, Indigenous tribes and tribal interests have lost two-thirds of all Supreme Court cases.

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Palestine Visit Revealed the Plain, Brutal Truth of Apartheid
Coates’s new book is based on his visit to the West Bank, where he saw a system of segregation reminiscent of Jim Crow.

Overdose Deaths May Be Decreasing Overall — But Not for Oppressed Communities
The US is still losing more than 100,000 people to drug overdoses every year, with stark racial disparities.

Community Groups in Ohio Fight Anti-Haitian Violence Stoked by Trump and Vance
Facing bomb threats and attacks, Springfield residents are organizing to counter anti-Haitian lies from the right.

My Palestinian Chicago Cafe Was Attacked. I Turned to the Community, Not Cops.
Palestinians and Palestinian businesses have been frequent targets since the genocide in Gaza began.

Arab American Leader Maya Berry Responds After GOP Senator’s Racist Questioning
Berry says the experience illustrated the very problem of dehumanization the hearing was meant to address.

What Would It Mean If the Harris Campaign Centered Black Women’s Health?
Black women are bedrock of the Democratic Party. What would it look like if their needs and lives were made central too?

“Our Power Is Where We Choose One Another”: Abolitionists Discuss Our Moment
“We are on the precipice of something big,” says Movement for Black Lives organizer M Adams.

Native Boarding Schools Were Genocidal — Healing Starts With Telling the Truth
True healing must center the Indigenous ways of being that these genocidal institutions tried to extinguish.