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Beyond 2016: Five Stories to Carry With Us Into the New Year
Although 2016 often felt like a nail in humanity's coffin, there were many displays of fierce resilience.
Could Portland Lead the Way for Cities Nationwide to Divest From the Dakota Pipeline and Private Prisons?
Portland could become the first US city to divest from banks financing the Dakota Access pipeline and private prisons.
Will Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions Revamp the War on Drugs to Preserve White Power?
Advocates warn that Jeff Sessions would jumpstart the drug war to crush communities of color.
Michigan Officials Seek to Block Court-Ordered Bottled Water Delivery in Flint
Michigan wants to block bottled water delivery to Flint residents, leaving the elderly without access to clean water.
A Eulogy for Tom Hayden, 1939-2016
“We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort — looking uneasily at the world we inherit.”
How Studs Terkel Documented the Fight Against White Supremacy and Segregation
Studs Terkel was the first radio broadcaster who invited Stokely Carmichael on his show.
Trump’s Erasure of Slavery, Jim Crow
Donald Trump's remarkable comments about Black people never being worse off demonstrated a stunning ignorance.
These Three Issues Prove Our Movements Are Way Ahead of Clinton and Trump
Activists are too busy building a better world from the ground up to heed the grand plans of presidential hopefuls.
The Political Significance of Being Inconvenienced
Striving for justice in the long term is worth the upset in the present, worth the mess and the noise of trying to figure it all out.
Milwaukee’s War on Black People
Sheriff David Clarke is declaring war on the black youth his city has failed.