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Malcolm X Would Be 98 Today. Angela Davis Reflects on His Enduring Legacy.
“Malcolm asked us to keep our eyes on … radical democratic futures for all beings who inhabit this planet,” Davis said.
“Freedom to Learn” Protests Target Book Bans, Right-Wing Attacks on Education
If the right wants to take it away, says Kimberlé Crenshaw, it means it’s important.
Ralph Yarl Deserves Justice Beyond What the Criminal Legal System Can Offer
While the man who shot Yarl was not a cop, his whiteness allowed him to bear an invisible badge of the police force.
Tennessee Wants to Take Land From Black Residents to Benefit a Ford Plant
Eminent domain has long been used by the state to take land from Black communities for less than what it's worth.
Lashawn Thompson’s Family Demands Justice: He Was “Eaten Alive” by Bugs in Jail
The family is demanding a criminal investigation and that the jail be shut down.
Canada Has “Been Failing My Family for Over 100 Years,” Says Indigenous Activist
Families of missing and murdered Indigenous women have no recourse, says Cambria Harris whose mother was murdered.
Educators and Publishers Are Fighting the Right’s Attempt to Erase Black History
The right has compiled a glossary of words like “abolition” and “equity” that it deems suspect in classroom contexts.
Water Is a Human Right. Let’s Create a Society That Affirms This.
We have come to know water as the latest casualty of late capitalism’s doctrine of scarcity.
Will Harvard’s New President Act to Confront the University’s Legacy of Slavery?
Harvard has historically fought tooth and nail to retain control over the images of enslaved people in its possession.
The US Government Helped Mitigate Hunger During the Pandemic. Why Stop Now?
We need to start thinking of hunger as another kind of pandemic and access to nutritious food, a basic human right.