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Racial Justice
When Disaster Strikes, Indigenous Communities Receive Unequal Recovery Aid
On average, tribal citizens receive only $3 per person, per year in federal government natural disaster aid.
Policing Statistics Silence the Most Vulnerable People
The most vulnerable people have the most at stake in questions of policing, but their voices are silenced in data.
Fight for Racial Justice Fuels Little Rock Educator Strike Preparations
Communities are fighting for local control to stop charters and reverse the re-segregation of Little Rock schools.
A Lifelong Organizer’s Story Comes to Life in “The Damned Don’t Cry”
Former prisoner and organizer Frank Chapman Jr.'s remarkable memoir offers hope far beyond his own story.
Teacher Strike Confronts Chicago’s Long History of Racial Injustice
Teachers are demanding more counselors, nurses, librarians and social workers in historically underserved schools.
Banks and the Real Estate Business Have Undermined Black Homeowners
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s new book, “Race for Profit,” examines the roots of this crisis.
Tribal Sovereignty Is Key to the Struggle for Democracy in 2020
There is a blossoming of tribal community initiatives which are built on traditional Indigenous wisdom and practices.
Feds Investigate Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Man in Ohio
Matthew Burroughs was shot by police after fleeing a courthouse in a car -- and died with his foot on the brake.
Outrage in Texas as Police Kill Atatiana Jefferson at Home
Atatiana Jefferson is the seventh person since June who has been killed by a Fort Worth police officer.
Arkansas’ Phillips County Remembers the Racial Massacre the US Forgot
The Elaine Massacre is perhaps the single deadliest instance of racist violence against Black people in U.S. history.