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The Answer to Anti-Asian Racism Is Not More Policing
Policing is rooted in upholding white supremacy while enabling racist systems to inflict harm on communities of color.
Asian Americans Reel in Response to Gun Attack on Spas in Georgia
A 21-year-old white man was taken into custody after shootings left eight dead, including six women of Asian descent.
White Monarchy Nearly Killed Meghan Markle. It Has Killed Countless Others.
The white supremacist violence of the British monarchy has always spread death and suffering in its wake.
Detroit Will Use $200,000 in Taxpayer Money to Fund Claim Against BLM Group
The City Council voted to proceed with a conspiracy counterclaim against the anti-racist group Detroit Will Breathe.
Latinx Farmworkers Risking Their Lives During COVID Struggle to Access Vaccines
Roughly 2.5 million U.S. farmworkers labor under dangerous and exploitative circumstances
Child of Black Activists Bombed by Police: “My Activism Is My Religion”
Philadelphia police killed 11 members of Mike Africa Jr.’s household in their attack on MOVE in 1985.
White Journalists’ Use of the N-Word Is an Intolerable Assault on Black Freedom
Two white journalists have stirred debate over their use of the n-word. Historian Elizabeth Pryor offers her analysis.
The National Security State Doesn’t Protect Us. Let’s Redefine Security for All.
Living under COVID for the past year has driven home the reality that militarization doesn’t buy security.
Black Families Have a Major Stake in the Postal Service’s Future
USPS has long been a major source of good middle-class jobs for Black workers.
More Policing Is Not the Solution to Anti-Asian Violence
Carceral approaches to anti-Asian violence ignore the realities of police violence.