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Racial Justice
The Path to a Green New Deal Must Involve a Series of Separate Bills
The national director of the Green New Deal Network, Kaniela Ing, outlines the multistep strategy that will be needed.
We Must Overturn SCOTUS Decisions That Effectively Deny Rights to Black People
George Floyd’s murder is part of a through line of police violence first enabled by the “Dred Scott” ruling.
Mississippi Republicans Want Their Own Cops and Judges in Majority-Black Jackson
Black leaders compare the push to expand a state police force responsible for recent shootings to “apartheid.”
Following Walkout, Students and Educators Keep Resisting DeSantis’s Censorship
As legislation targeting BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ students and educators mounts, advocates say they refuse to sit idly by.
Decades of Racial Bias Preceded College Board’s AP Black History Course Changes
The College Board still seems to feel comfortable disappearing the Black educational experience.
California Reparations Task Force Pushes for More Systemic Reforms
Black Californians say a one-time payout is only a start, they must have equal access to resources like health care.
“Florida Is a Laboratory of Fascism”: Scholars Discuss Fight Over Black History
DeSantis is using Black history as a political pawn, says E. Patrick Johnson, whose work was purged from the curriculum.
January 6 Report Obscured the Role of Racism in the “Stop the Steal” Movement
Donald Trump fired up white nationalists by naming individual Black election workers as spoilers of his alleged victory.
Tyre Nichols Is Another Victim of the Police Brutality Crisis Black People Face
“We have experienced this same kind of violence over and over and over again in our communities,” says Amber Sherman.
Students Plan to Sue DeSantis for Rejecting AP African American Studies Course
“I thought here in this country, we believe in the free exchange of ideas, not the suppression of it,” said one student.