Truthout
Racial Justice
Black Workers Say Walmart’s Background Checks Are Racially Discriminatory
Racial discrimination in the temporary staffing industry is notoriously difficult to address.
Native Peoples’ Bones Are Not Collectors’ Items. They Must Be Returned.
Although trafficking in human remains is a crime, cases involving Native remains are seldom prosecuted.
Elizabeth Warren’s Student Debt Plan: An Economic Boon for People of Color
Canceling part of everyone's debt could substantially address racial disparities inherent in student loan borrowing.
Trump’s Attacks on Census Go Well Beyond Citizenship Question
The Census Bureau has been forced to cut in half the number of regional offices needed to get an accurate count.
The FBI Appears to Be Engaged in a Modern-Day Version of COINTELPRO
FBI records suggest the agency is targeting Black protesters for their First Amendment–protected activity.
Baby Bonds Are a Revolutionary Way to Close the Racial Wealth Divide
“Baby bond” accounts for all American kids would bridge the racial wealth gap.
As We Mourn Notre Dame, Let Us Remember Black Churches Also Matter
Over a 10-day period in one rural Louisiana town last month, three Black churches burned to the ground.
Republicans Twist White Nationalism Hearing Into Islamophobic Forum
Rather than repudiate white supremacist violence, lawmakers chose to attack its critics.
Nipsey’s Murder Reminds Us That We Live in a Lethal Anti-Black Society
The white supremacist state profits off gun violence while blaming it on Black communities.
Settler Colonialism Lurked Beneath the Christchurch Massacre
Fascism is little more than colonialism turned inwards.