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Reporting on Armed White Teens Highlights Racial Double Standard
While the drama may be over, the legacy of the reporting remains.
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White People for Black Lives
I live in this moment as a white person who deeply believes in and who grew up in the Civil Rights Movement, when my family's lives and I were …
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Four Ways Republicans Are Trying to Take Us Back to the Jim Crow Era
Nearly 50 years after the events depicted in the film “Selma,” the right to vote is under threat once again.
John Pilger Interview: White Australians Would Like Aboriginal People to Disappear
John Pilger speaks to Truthout about his new documentary about the brutal conquest and continued racist treatment of the aboriginal people in Australia.
Blood on Their Hands: The Racist History of Modern Police Unions
Police unions have always played a powerful role in defending cops, no matter how brutal and racist their actions.
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Looking Away From Police Killings
The policies, practices and attitudes that lead to so many black people being killed by law enforcement have to be confronted.
From Lynching Photos to Michael Brown’s Body: Commodifying Black Death
It's worth questioning what it means for us culturally that the media exploits images of brutalized and dead Black people.
The Distorted Exaggeration of Black-on-Black Crime Ignores Much of the United States’ Criminality
American discourse on crime is deeply politicized and influenced by racial and class bias.
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Charlie Hebdo
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Charlie Hebdo: We Must Grieve the Dead Without Misconstruing Racism as Democratic Ideal
Political cartoons are free speech, but they are not always innocent and inherently democratic.