News | Racial Justice African Americans Have Contracted and Died of COVID-19 at an Alarming Rate Some states' unwillingness to publicly track the virus by race could obscure this crucial underlying reality. By Akilah Johnson & Talia Buford , ProPublica April 7, 2020 Truthout
News | Racial Justice Historic Injustices Against Native People Put Them at Greater Risk of COVID-19 While U.S. politicians bail out corporations, their promises to fund Indigenous health care remain empty. By Jen Deerinwater , Truthout April 3, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Racial Justice Mauna Kea Isn’t Just About a Telescope, It’s About Who Will Decide the Future Native Hawaiian Mauna Protectors want to make sure their view of the world is understood and respected. By Winona LaDuke , Truthout March 29, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Racial Justice If You Hear Someone Say “Chinese Virus,” Don’t Let It Slide To distract from his own administration’s failures, Trump has turned to some of the U.S.’s oldest nativist tropes. By Jack Herrera , Truthout March 24, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Racial Justice Trump Calls the Coronavirus “Chinese” Despite Reports of Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Racist incidents and threats of hate crimes against Asian Americans have emerged across the U.S. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! March 19, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Racial Justice The 2020 Census Must Not Make the Mistake Again of Undercounting Native People Native leaders know that Census undercounts diminish their political power and the funding appropriations. By Kirsten Carlson , TheConversation March 15, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Racial Justice Biden’s Racism Is More Veiled Than Trump’s — But No Less Real We must ask ourselves how we will challenge presidential racism whether we have a Democrat or Republican in office. By Kamau Franklin , Truthout March 15, 2020 Truthout
News | Racial Justice New Census Algorithm Grossly Miscounts People of Color in the Name of “Privacy” The algorithm produces wild inaccuracies in data on rural and marginalized groups and could devastate funding for them. By Igor Derysh , Salon March 8, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Racial Justice Voter Suppression Threatens to Take the US Back to Reconstruction Era Much voter suppression is based on a myth massive rampant voter fraud. By Janine Jackson , FAIR March 6, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Racial Justice Even the Machines Are Racist. Facial Recognition Systems Threaten Black Lives. The use of surveillance technology for "security" comes at the expense of civil liberties for Black and Brown people. By Eisa Nefertari Ulen , Truthout March 4, 2020 Truthout