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![Malcolm X pictured on March 1, 1964.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-72385184-400x300.jpg)
What Would Malcolm X Say About Gaza and Black Resistance in the US Today?
Scholar Michael Sawyer brings the political philosophy of Malcolm X to bear on the horrors taking place in Gaza.
![Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt speaks at the ADL Shana Amy Glass National Leadership Summit at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1215-adl-400x300.jpg)
It’s Time to Break With the ADL as a Source for News and Research on Extremism
The Anti-Defamation League’s disinformation campaign should mark the end of the group’s role as a source on extremism.
![A woman wearing a light red tunic and an ornate beaded pendant stands outside among plants, and beside still water](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/20230516-Spinski-Repatriation-007_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true-400x300.jpg)
Harvard Has Blocked Maine Tribes’ Effort to Rebury Their Ancestors at Every Turn
The university’s Peabody Museum exploited loopholes to prevent repatriation to the Wabanaki peoples.
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Florida Lawmaker Wants a Constitutional Amendment to Ban Reparations in State
The resolution comes amid a wider push by Florida Republicans to whitewash the history of slavery in the U.S.
![Students march through the Loop protesting the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1122-chicago-schools-400x300.jpg)
Chicago Gangs Emerge From Deprivation. To End the Violence, End the Deprivation.
Chicago won’t invest in resources to fix the root causes of violence, says Lance Williams, whose father was a Vice Lord.
![A railroad cuts through Ocmulgee Mounds National Park in Macon, Georgia, on February 2, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1240947759.jpg)
This Rural Black Community Is at War With a Private Railroad Company
The Georgia Public Service Commission is set to determine if a private company can take land from 18 property owners.
![Land rematriated by the Sogorea Te` Land Trust is pictured within the two-acre plot of Planting Justice on November 22, 2017, in Oakland, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1122-sogorea-te-land-trust-400x300.jpg)
Land Trust Empowers Indigenous Women in Ancestral Land Reclamation
Corrina Gould of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust discusses rematriation and its power beyond tribal land return.
![People observe a fracking site in the Greater Chaco Region on September 27, 2015.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1122-chaco-fracking-400x300.jpg)
Indigenous Groups in New Mexico Demand Action as Toxic Waste Spills Quadruple
Frontline groups say an Interior Department plan to clean up extraction sites in the Greater Chaco Region has stalled.
![Movement Memos, a Truthout Podcast - banner featuring guests Ashley Crystal Rojas and Morning Star Gali and host Kelly Hayes](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1121-movement-memos-400x300.jpg)
Native Organizers Celebrate Solidarity, Grieve Losses and Work to Reduce Harm
“We're connected to each other and these liberation fights across the globe,” says Ashley Crystal Rojas.
![President Joe Biden arrives at a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on November 20, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1121-joe-biden-sg-400x300.jpg)
National Islamophobia Strategy Is PR Stunt to Protect Biden’s Political Future
The “National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia” does nothing to change how U.S. foreign policy relies on Islamophobia.