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Racial Justice
The Story of Juneteenth Reminds Us That Education Is Essential to Freedom
The pursuit of education has been central to the Black freedom struggle for centuries.
Despite the State’s Attempts to Stamp Out Opposition, Our Movements Persevere
Echoes of anti-slavery and civil rights struggles reverberate through the current uprising against ICE.
Trump’s Attacks on Black Power and Freedom Show How Far We Still Have to Go
Thinking on the Black freedom struggle from June 19, 1865, to now, where do we collectively want to see ourselves next?
Over 160 Years After Abolition, Anti-Black Racism Still Structures US Economy
Scholars Michelle Holder and Jeannette Wicks-Lim share their analysis of the formation of US anti-Black racism.
Is There a Future Without Incarceration? Abolitionist Art Shows Us One.
Prison abolitionist art creates a future to briefly live in, and from that place, turn and look at our present.
Black Workers Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine During Trump 2.0
In 2016, Trump asked Black voters what they had to lose if he was president. In 2026, the answer is clear.
Capitalism’s “Overseer Class” Upholds White Supremacy Under Guise of Diversity
From policing to political office, capitalism ensures marginalized people help launder the violence of the status quo.
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.
Trump Administration Is Using Christianity to Justify Murder and Empire
There is no love of the stranger in Trump, Vance, and Hegseth's embrace of imperial Christianity.
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.