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What Filing Tax Returns Taught Me About Racism in the USÂ Â Â Â Â Â
Our tax code is not just overly complicated; it’s also racist.Â
If Biden Wants to End Death Penalty, He Must Also End Death by Incarceration
More people are serving death-by-incarceration sentences today than the total number of people in prison in the 1970s.
It’s Time for the Left to Pressure Biden — and the Political Class as a Whole
“It's going to take the work of progressives, of social movements to really get it done,” said Waleed Shahid.
Impeachment Comes as Violence and Racism at Heart of Trump Era Boils Over
The U.S. government “has completely spun out of control at the hands of Donald Trump,” says Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.
Capitol Mob Reveals Ongoing Refusal to Accept Black Votes as Legitimate
Trump’s mob had chilling echoes of the armed white mobs that terrorized elected Black officials during Reconstruction.
No Charges Filed Against White Officer Who Shot and Paralyzed Jacob Blake
Officer Rusten Sheskey fired the shots at point-blank range into Blake’s back as he leaned into his car.
Graphic Biography Highlights the Life of Actor and Activist Paul Robeson
“Ballad of an American” tells the tale of Paul Robeson’s role in the earliest civil rights movement to a new generation.
US Has Entered Uncharted Territory in Uprising Against Racism
Scholars Cornel West and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor respond to the global uprising against racism and police violence.
When Black Movements Win, Everybody But the 1 Percent Wins
All workers should join the Black freedom struggle, not just as “allies” but as partners in rebellion.
Progressives Denounce Biden Pick of “Mr. Monsanto” Tom Vilsack to Head USDA
Critics pointed to Vilsack's failure to confront Big Ag during his time as USDA chief in the Obama administration.