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“Our Power Is Where We Choose One Another”: Abolitionists Discuss Our Moment
“We are on the precipice of something big,” says Movement for Black Lives organizer M Adams.
We’ve Organized for Palestinian Liberation for Years. Here’s What We Learned.
Jewish anti-Zionists share insights on our collective struggle to build a strong left in the face of looming disaster.
To Get Students to Understand What Racism Is, I First Had to Teach What It’s Not
Fallacies of racism must be interrogated, or they will (re)produce white supremacy, both ideologically and materially.
New Biography Opens a Portal Into the Life and Work of Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde may be gone, but her legacy lives on through her students, says author Alexis Pauline Gumbs.
As DNC Kicks Off, Palestine Solidarity Activists Look to 1964 for Inspiration
60 years ago, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party forced the Democrats to confront Jim Crow within their own party.
Over 100 People Die in Missouri Prisons Each Year. Othel Moore Was One of Them.
Three attempts in the legislature to secure better oversight over Missouri's prison administration have stalled out.
Michael Brown Jr.’s Father Is Still Fighting for Justice and His Son’s Legacy
He says city development ignores the reality of policing in an attempt “to rebrand Ferguson and erase what happened.”
SCOTUS Anti-Homeless Ruling Formalizes Segregation of the Poor
The Supreme Court’s decision on homelessness echoes past laws and rulings dictating who’s allowed in public.
Author, Show Host & LGBTQ Activist Christian Cooper on Bird Watching While Black
Cooper made headlines in 2020 after a white woman in Central Park called 911 and falsely claimed he was threatening her.
Black Organizers Are Finding Ways to Expand Reproductive Justice Post-“Roe”
The political landscape has spiraled into widespread fear among Black families around what it means to seek care.