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Racism
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More Prosecutors Won’t Prevent Police Killings Before They Happen
For African Americans, whose daily lives are impacted by police abuse of authority, the crisis is the state as purveyor of racist violence.
Artists at the Venice Biennale Respond to the Black Lives Matter Movement
We look at the state of the Black Lives Matter movement and the art world.
Political Art and “All the World’s Futures”: First African Curator of Venice Biennale
Okwui Enwezor of Nigeria is the Biennale's first African-born chief curator.
Texas Town Retains Confederate Monument Despite Civil Rights Activist’s 16 Years of Protest
A Texas man's more than decade-long battle to relocate a Confederate monument has reignited amid a national debate scrutinizing symbols of the Confederacy.
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Opal Tometi on Building a Transnational Movement for Black Lives
Black Lives Matter cofounder Opal Tometi discusses building connections between movements, in the US and internationally.
US Education Reform and the Maintenance of White Supremacy Through Structural Violence
Scholars and education activists document the racism and segregation of US public schooling over the rise of corporate education reform.
Still Boxed Out: NYU Discriminates Against Students Who Have Faced Arrest
It's time to abolish college application questions that require disclosing documented interaction with the criminal legal system.
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Sandra Bland Was Killed for Standing Up to State Power
We interrupt our summer break to #SayHerName and to honor #SandraBland.
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We Gon’ Be Alright: Black Love, Black Resistance and Black Liberation
At this month's convening of the Movement for Black Lives in Cleveland, we experienced the power of Black people coming together.