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More Than 3,100 Indigenous Students Died at US “Boarding Schools”
A new report reveals three times the number of deaths reported earlier this year by the Department of Interior.
Preserving Black History Has Never Been More Vital
Sites that celebrate our past are lifelines as the country braces for an administration that wants to whitewash history.
Charged for Protesting Police Violence in 2020, Khalif Miller Is Still in Jail
Miller is one of over 300 protesters who faced federal charges for participating in the 2020 George Floyd uprising.
How Immigration Organizers Are Gearing Up for Another Trump Era
“It's inherently a racial justice fight and economic justice fight,” says organizer Silky Shah.
ICE Has Secretly Been Recording Inaccurate Data, Hiding Racial Disparities
Records obtained by immigration advocates show Homeland Security falsely claimed not to collect racial data.
US Disproportionately Convicts Native People of Felonies, Harming Voting Rights
Federal courts often convict Native people of felonies for crimes that tribal courts would prosecute less harshly.
A Louisiana Law Is Leading Teens With Minor Offenses to Be Charged as Adults
It's now one of four states, along with Georgia, Texas and Wisconsin, that prosecute all 17-year-olds as adults.
The Death Penalty Is Always an Atrocity, Not Just for the Wrongfully Convicted
The death penalty should be applied neither to the guilty nor the innocent. We must abolish it.
School Surveillance Earns Tech Companies Billions. Students Pay the Price.
Tech firms have outfitted classrooms with data-gathering surveillance technologies that undermine education and privacy.
Louisiana’s Black Rural Residents Feel Neglected in Wake of Hurricane Francine
Rural communities have the hardest time accessing aid from government recovery programs.