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Racial Justice
Federal Judges Block Alabama From Using Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Map
The panel had been ordered to review its decision on the map after a recent SCOTUS ruling gutted the Voting Rights Act.
Black Farmers Warn Pollution Is Changing The Food on Our Plates
Air pollution is stripping nutrients from staple crops central to Black diets.
Black Workers Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine During Trump 2.0
In 2016, Trump asked Black voters what they had to lose if he was president. In 2026, the answer is clear.
Gutting Voting Rights Act Is Just First Step in Far Right Plan to End Democracy
Curbing access to the ballot brings us closer to the far right's techno-feudalist dream of a "Dark Enlightenment.”
UC Is Finalizing Its Land-Use Rules Without Involving Directly Impacted Tribes
Some Native leaders say the omission is not an oversight -- it is a structural problem baked into the framework itself.
How Indigenous Organizers Defeated Plans to Mine a Sacred Black Hills Site
Prayer camps, direct action, and lawsuits were key to the victory, offering a roadmap for future land defense fights.
Tennessee’s War on Black Political Power Demands Not Just Outrage But Resistance
The struggle isn’t just about surviving the next election -- we must secure civil rights for the next generation.
What Trump’s “Whenever Wars” Reveal About US Empire
“We really have to see the rise of Trump itself as an indictment of the whole system,” says Khury Petersen-Smith.
Capitalism’s “Overseer Class” Upholds White Supremacy Under Guise of Diversity
From policing to political office, capitalism ensures marginalized people help launder the violence of the status quo.
Black Disenfranchisement Has Not Been This Intense Since Jim Crow
The federal government is carrying forward a white nationalist backlash to the mass uprisings that took place in 2020.