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Racial Justice
Border Town Links Fight Against Trump’s Wall to the Black Lives Matter Movement
Residents say the half-billion being poured into the wall should instead be used to address real crises on the border.
Erasure of Black History in Favor of White Narratives Isn’t Limited to the US
Rio de Janeiro’s Caju Cemetery, built over a cemetery for enslaved people, is symbolic of the erasure of Black history.
DNC Featured Most Native Speakers Ever, But Native Issues Remain Under-Addressed
It remains to be seen whether the Democratic Party will take real steps to confront its colonizing past and present.
Latinx Democrats Received the Same Number of DNC Prime-Time Slots as Republicans
The DNC's decision to limit Latinx voices amid a campaign claiming to center racial justice baffled some observers.
Racist Neoliberal Response to Hurricane Katrina Foreshadowed Response to COVID
We must learn from the U.S.’s apartheid response to Hurricane Katrina to reimagine our response to COVID.
Condemnations of Chicago “Looting” Prioritize Property Over Black Lives
We must develop an understanding of violence that includes the closing of schools, eviction and mass unemployment.
Confederate Monument Protests Gain Momentum in Small Alabama Town
Black activist group Project Say Something has tried to have the monument to racism removed since 2017.
“Kinship” Isn’t Enough — Harris Must Be Accountable to Black People
Kamala Harris's relationship to Black communities, writ large, has taken on the character of "fictive kinship."
Lynching Is Not a Relic of a Jim Crow Past. It’s a Modern Form of Racial Terror.
Modern lynchings illustrate how Blackness continues to be criminalized.
Health Care Workers of Color Nearly Twice as Likely as Whites to Get COVID-19
Harvard research shows POC workers are more likely to report inadequate PPE and to work with COVID-positive patients.