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![Police intervene as Trump supporters and counter protesters fight during a protest in Los Angeles, California, on January 6, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/02/2021_0222-police-tear-gas-400x300.jpg)
Jail Won’t Solve White Supremacist Violence. Here’s How to Truly Confront It.
To fight white supremacist violence, we must abolish the systems that perpetuate it, like the prison-industrial complex.
![A pedestrian walks by a digital billboard truck with an image of Sen. Ted Cruz as it sits in a parking lot near Cruz's home on February 19, 2021, in Houston, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/02/GettyImages-1303060860-400x300.jpg)
White Supremacy Set the Stage for Texas’ Miserable Disaster Response
The problems illuminated now in Texas are interconnected with the decline of the white majority and the liberal order.
![People hold Black Lives Matter signs as they gather during a candlelight vigil to honour Andre Hill's memory outside the Brentnell Community Recreation Center in Columbus, Ohio, on December 26, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/02/2021_0218-blm-love-400x300.jpg)
Black Revolutionary Love Reimagines Democracy
Revolutionary Love comes from a desire for the greater good and is rooted in radical risk-taking for justice.
![Participants take part in an event organized by Love & Protect to lift up the names and celebrate the lives of Black women and girls who have been killed by state violence at Rekia's Tree in Douglass Park, Chicago, on June 13, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/02/29080207688_6df3c2a111_k-400x300.jpg)
This Valentine’s Day, Celebrate Love as Growth and Liberation
Love is not a random occurrence; it is a practice that doesn't have room for abuse or injustice.
![Trump loyalists clash with police and security forces as they push barricades to storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/02/GettyImages-1230455457-400x300.jpg)
The Capitol Siege Was White Supremacy in Action. Trial Evidence Confirms That.
The violent storming of the Capitol was in no way a “revolution” -- it was the brazen reemergence of white supremacy.
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Trump Must Be Held Accountable for Inciting the Capitol Insurrection
Two historians discuss the necessity of accountability for the white supremacist attacks on January 6.
![Latinx COVID Deaths Soar 1,000% in Los Angeles as Vaccine Rollout Lags](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/02/SEG1-VaccineLines-5-400x300.jpg)
Latinx COVID Deaths Rise by 1,000 Percent in Los Angeles as Vaccine Rollout Lags
New data shows that Black and Latinx people in the U.S. are getting vaccinated at much lower rates than white people.
![Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a ceremonial swearing-in of Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House complex on January 27, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/02/2021_0201-kamala-harris-400x300.jpg)
Reaching Beyond “Black Faces in High Places”: An Interview With Joy James
When Black politicians share a donor base with the DNC, we can’t expect transformative justice. We must keep organizing.
![A member of the Illinois Air National Guard administers a COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination center established at the Tinley Park Convention Center on January 26, 2021, in Tinley Park, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2021_0201-vaccine-c-400x300.jpg)
Black Americans Are Left Behind as Vaccine Rollout Expands
The ongoing vaccination gap has prompted officials across the country to call for action.
![Latinx farm owners stand at the intersection of racial justice and food justice.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1175057863-400x300.jpg)
Latinx Farmworkers Are Purchasing Failing Farms From White Owners
Latinx farm owners stand at the intersection of racial justice and food justice.