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Movement for Black Lives Activists Respond to Biden’s Orders on Racial Equity
Social movements have pressured the new Biden administration to act.
New Documents Suggest J. Edgar Hoover Was Involved in Fred Hampton’s Murder
Recently released FBI documents shed new light on the 1969 conspiracy to assassinate Black Panther leader Fred Hampton.
The Movement to Defund the Police Won’t Go Away When Biden Takes Office
Organizers plan to continue targeting city and state budgets to demand divestment from prisons and policing.
Republicans Are Using Capitol Breach as Excuse to Promote Anti-Protest Bills
GOP lawmakers are taking advantage of white supremacist violence to criminalize racial and climate justice protests.
After Attempted Coup, We Must Fight White Supremacy and Sow Revolutionary Love
The death throes of this administration are loud and consuming as white people grieve the myth of their supremacy. Â
Trump Loyalists Want to Uphold a Long American Tradition: White License
The Trump loyalists wanted the old game of false democracy, where their votes count more than everyone else's.
Proud Boys Leader Arrested for Burning BLM Banner at Black Church
Enrique Tarrio was arrested on property destruction charges ahead of this week's anticipated far right protests.
Climate Justice Advisory Groups Are in Vogue. But Are State Agencies Listening?
Members of the advisory groups say government agencies often fail to act on their input regarding racial justice.
In 2020, COVID Put a Mirror Up to Our Society
It will take concerted action to pull us out of 2020’s stew of death, fear, pain, deliberate cruelty and loss.
2020 Was a Record Year for Far Right Violence in the US
There were a large number of far right killings and car attacks at Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020.