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Racial Justice

Bernie Sanders’s Personal Reboot on Racial Justice May Not Be Enough
He won over progressives with big ideas in the 2016 primary. Why is he so reluctant to talk reparations in 2020?

Trump’s Wall Is a Symbol With a Long and Toxic History
For the right, Trump's wall is not just a literal wall, but a symbol of racial domination.

Congressional Field Hearings Gather Stories of Voter Suppression
Participants detailed the long lines, defective voting machines, and voter purges that Georgia voters faced in 2018.

Tlaib and Pressley Put Racism on Trial During Cohen Hearing
They shined a spotlight on the racism woven into the Republican Party.

As Doctors, It Is Our Responsibility to Stop Racism in Medicine
The medical field must acknowledge the involuntary contributions Black patients have made to medical advances.

Flat Broke, Black Voters Want More Than Just Another Black President
Black voters increasingly view Black political leadership as complicit in covering up Wall Street crimes.

Respectability Politics Is Losing Ground in Black Liberation Struggles
By turning away from middle-class white values, Black activists have set our political imagination free.

“An Eye for an Eye”: An Inside Look Into the Black Panther Party
Cox's book details his five years in the Black Panther Party's high command during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

New Film Details Plight of Black Travelers Under Jim Crow
Writer and director Yoruba Richen discusses her newest documentary, “The Green Book: Guide to Freedom.”

As Racist Attacks Soar Under Trump, White Nationalist Plotted Massacre
Federal agents have thwarted a plan by a white nationalist “domestic terrorist” to begin widespread, violent attacks.