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Black Disenfranchisement Has Not Been This Intense Since Jim Crow
The federal government is carrying forward a white nationalist backlash to the mass uprisings that took place in 2020.
500-Year-Old Slave Revolt of 1526 Redefines Freedom as US Turns 250
Before 1776 or 1619, enslaved Africans seized freedom in 1526 on land that would become the United States.Â
US-Backed Repression in Latin America Paved the Way for ICE
The struggle for immigration justice has become increasingly inseparable from the global fight against authoritarianism.
In Era of Book Bans and War on History, Sinners Reveals What US Tries to Forget
Sinners deserves to win Oscars: It’s a blues poem, a freedom cry, and a love letter to powerful culture.
The State Is Escalating Charges Against Protesters. Labor Must Defend Them.
John Caravello is facing decades in prison for an anti-ICE protest. He needs labor to build a national defense campaign.
We Must Defend Black History — It Fuels Freedom Dreams of Students Under Attack
Historian Elizabeth Todd-Breland discusses how schools have become a key site of struggle amid rising fascism in the US.
As the Status Quo Shatters, Afrofuturists’ Visions Offer a Way Forward
Afrofuturism takes us to strange futures. In its kaleidoscope lens, the future is a canvas to imagine free Black life.
Black Men Endured Sexual Exploitation Under Slavery. Their Story Is Rarely Told.
Historian Thomas A. Foster discusses his new book Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men.
Indigenous-Led Collectives Are Keeping Minnesotan Communities Safe From ICE
Members of the American Indian Movement and the Many Shields Warrior Society are patrolling the streets of Minneapolis.
Under Trump, Concerns Grow Over Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums
Some fear that accepting grants from a little-known federal agency would open institutions up to scrutiny and control.