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This Juneteenth, We Are at War Over Our Right to Teach Black History
The right is trying to make truth-telling about U.S. history illegal because it fears the end of white supremacy.
The White House’s Strategic Plan on Antisemitism Is Fatally Flawed
Those concerned with antisemitism must understand what it truly means to challenge it as part of movements for justice.
Cori Bush: “Anti-Woke” Is Barely Disguised Code for “Anti-Black”
“Don’t let a fascist tell you what being woke means,” she said.
NAACP Issues Travel Advisory to Florida Over Anti-Black History Education Laws
The advisory implores current residents to “defeat the regressive policies of this Governor and this state legislature.”
The Anti-Trans Panic Is Rooted in White Supremacist Ideology
Gender-affirming care poses a challenge to the reproductive imperative imposed by white supremacy.
How Can We Resist Book Bans? This Banned Author Has Ideas.
We must foster critical thinking and direct action to combat book bans, sociologist Joe Feagin says.
DeSantis Signs Bills That Restrict Chinese People From Buying Land in Florida
The discriminatory new laws will likely fuel anti-Asian racism in the state, critics of the legislation have said.
Jordan Neely’s Family Condemns Killer Daniel Penny’s Vilification of Neely
The family implores Mayor Eric Adams to give them a call rather than continuing to criticize Neely.
Driver Plows Into Group Near Migrant Shelter in Texas, Killing 8
The incident, which injured at least 10 more, comes just days before the Trump-era Title 42 policy is set to expire.
Jordan Neely Is Being Blamed for His Own Death Due to Sanism and Racism
Disability scholar Idil Abdillahi analyzes how Blackness and “madness” are pathologized in overlapping and violent ways.