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Racial Justice
Civil Rights Leader, Educator Bob Moses Dies at 86
Moses played a leading role in organizing Black voter registration drives in Mississippi during the 1960s.
Biden Upholds Last-Minute Trump Memo That Would Send 4,000 People Back to Prison
Thousands of people released because of the pandemic now face reincarceration.
Grace Lee and James Boggs Showed How We Can Unite Our Struggles for Justice
There is much we can learn from Lee and Boggs’s 40-year partnership as an interracial couple in movement activism.
The Constitutional Right to Bear Arms Carries a Racist History
A new book details how the Second Amendment was written to empower local militia groups to put down slave revolts.
Wages Are Rising Unequally — With Black Men and Latinas Seeing the Fewest Gains
Disparities in wage raises are the latest example of the pandemic's unequal impacts.
The Right Has Chosen Critical Race Theory as Its New Boogeyman to Scare Voters
At least 25 states and many municipalities have proposed or passed legislation banning critical race theory in schools.
Biden Urges Cities to Use COVID Funds to Hire More Police
Racial justice advocates say the root causes of gun violence run much deeper than Biden will admit.
Pandemic’s High Toll at the Texas Border Lays Bare Gaps in Health and Insurance
Health experts say Texas's lax COVID response and refusal to expand Medicaid contributed to the higher death rates.
On Juneteenth, Let’s Celebrate Momentum of a Growing Racial Justice Movement
While recognition of Juneteenth is important, it's just the beginning of a long road to true Black freedom.
50 Years Later, a Majority of Americans Want the Drug War to End
The drug war’s contradictions are impossible to ignore. The nation is ready for a nonviolent approach.