Truthout
Racial Justice
Redistricting Threatens Decades of Black Voters’ Hard-Fought Victories
Congress must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act to push back against the GOP's racist redistricting and voting laws.
The Jury Selection Process Is Rigged in Favor of White Supremacy
Racial discrimination in cases like the Arbery murder trial reflect the everyday reality of the criminal legal system.
Enough Colonial Pageantry. Let’s Rally Behind Criminalized Water Protectors.
Native people are still battling world-crushing forces.
UN Human Rights Envoy Slams Racist Voter Suppression in US
A UN expert said the U.S. “stands out among Western democracies for its incomplete patchwork of human rights.”
White Nationalists on Trial in Charlottesville After Victims Sue Under KKK Act
Organizers of the “Unite the Right” rally have been charged with unlawful conspiracy to commit violent acts.
Liberal Anti-Racism Is Fixated on Symbolic Gestures. We Need Concrete Action.
Framing slavery as “original sin” has led liberal anti-racism into a dead end of inaction.
Jim Crow Politics Have Descended on Education
For the GOP, higher education is now a battleground for conducting a race war waged in the spirit of the Confederacy.
Ahmaud Arbery’s Family Worries About Impartiality of Jurors in Murder Trial
Jury selection began this week in the trial of three white men who fatally shot the 25-year-old, unarmed Ahmaud Arbery.
No, Black People Can’t Be “Racists”
The term “racism” must be understood within the context of an anti-Black American polity.
The US Has Used Conservatorships to Exploit Indigenous Peoples
Breaches of trust were documented in which conservators took money or lands for their own monetary gain.