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Racial Justice
Anti-Semitic and Anti-Muslim Murders Are Latest in String of Fascist Attacks
These attacks are connected, and their common threads are not going away.
Intersectionality Is a Hot Topic — and So Is the Term’s Misuse
Author Jennifer C. Nash pushes the boundaries of Black feminism’s engagement with intersectionality.
Outrage in Texas as Police Kill Atatiana Jefferson at Home
Atatiana Jefferson is the seventh person since June who has been killed by a Fort Worth police officer.
Arkansas’ Phillips County Remembers the Racial Massacre the US Forgot
The Elaine Massacre is perhaps the single deadliest instance of racist violence against Black people in U.S. history.
Native Teen’s Mysterious Death Highlights Epidemic of Murdered Indigenous Women
Kaysera is among at least 27 missing or murdered Indigenous girls and women in Big Horn County in the past decade.
Marijuana Legislation Passed by House Lacks Racial Justice Provisions
Allowing legal cannabis businesses to access banking services won’t undo the drug war’s racist legacy.
Schools Should Do Away With English-Only Policies and Racist Dress Codes
Underserved, underrepresented and first-generation students are not liabilities to be managed or policed.
More People Are Voting — But 1,688 Polling Places Have Closed in 6 Years
A wave of polling place closures has swept 13 states since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act.
In Chicago, Survivors of Police Violence Heal Through Song
The Freedom Songbook workshop was designed to provide a creative safe space for survivors in Black communities.
Some Seattle Residents Pay Rent to Duwamish Tribe, Recognizing Colonization
A grassroots movement encourages non-Native city dwellers to pay monthly reparations to the Duwamish.