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Racial Justice
The Slave Trade Used to Be Legal. Let’s Not Glorify the Law.
While legal strategies have been important in achieving historic gains for Black people, so have illegal acts.
Striking LA Teachers’ Win Against Random Frisking Is Becoming District Policy
Random searches of students are finally coming to an end in Los Angeles schools.
Bloomberg Fought Efforts to Protect Black Homeowners From Predatory Lenders
Stop-and-Frisk wasn’t the only Bloomberg-era policy that harmed the Black community.
New Film Showcases How the Rainbow Coalition’s Struggle for Justice Lives On
Today's grassroots community organizers and activists are continuing the work of the Rainbow Coalition.
Facial Recognition Technology and AI Are Tainted With Racial Bias
Artificial intelligence internalizes and amplifies society's inequalities, according to a new documentary.
Corruption in Campaign Finance Is a Racial Justice Issue
Most big political donors are white men, drowning out the voices of the country’s increasingly diverse electorate.
Structural Racism in Medicine Worsens the Health of Black Women and Infants
State initiatives are essential to eliminate the medical system's structural racism and support Black women and infants.
In Anti-Communist Fervor, FBI Built a 500-Page File on Coretta Scott King
The file is a testament to the larger racist ugliness festering in the U.S., then as now.
California’s Indigenous History Is a Story of Genocide and Resistance
Award-winning author Benjamin Madley discusses Indigenous genocide, resistance and survival in California.
Voter Suppression Exposes the Paradox of Black Citizenship in a Racist Society
Voting can secure incremental change, but liberation requires taking on racial capitalism and white supremacy.