Truthout
Racial Justice
|
Rot From the Sepulchre
How did the “best justice system in the world” allow two black men to spend 30 years behind bars for a rape and murder they did not commit?
|
Liar in a Tan Suit
According to Obama the loss of life and destruction of property in Ukraine is all Russian president Putin's fault.
Emmett Till, Michael Brown and the Ongoing Struggle for Racial Justice
Will the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown play a similar catalytic role in sparking action for racial justice that Emmet Till's murder, and the acquittal of his killers, did …
|
Better Off Dead: Black Women Speak to the United Nations CERD Committee
With each of our dead, we mourn the loss of a piece of ourselves and with each of our raped we mourn the loss of a piece of our …
US Slammed for Failure to Fulfill Legal Obligation to Eliminate All Forms of Race Discrimination
A UN Committee has published a scathing denunciation of US failures to honor its treaty commitments to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
|
Ferguson Is All of Us
Instead of being able to reflect on the distance we have traveled since 1964, the horrific events unfolding in Ferguson, Missouri only served to remind us of how far …
|
Racial Discrimination Exacerbates Inequality for Americans of All Races
America has the highest incarceration rate worldwide due to the routine infliction of draconian punishments.
|
Burying Our Babies: Letter From Los Angeles to Ferguson
Like Michael Brown we were college-bound, guilty until proven innocent, living in the shadow of death and the violent territorialization of the black body.
A.A. (Afro Anonymous) aka “In Recovery” aka WARdrobe
Poetry by Hakim Bellamy
|
Why the People of Ferguson Can’t Trust the Cops
Several African-American men share with Truthout their stories of abuse at the hands of police, and after 12 days of continuous demonstrations against the shooting of an unarmed teen, …