Interview | Racial Justice What Is It About Black History That Frightens the Hell Out of the Far Right? Scholar Molefi Kete Asante discusses the radical origins of Black History Month and how it confronts cultural hegemony. By George Yancy , Truthout February 24, 2024 Truthout
News | Racial Justice Report: 70% of Health Workers in Black Communities Witnessed Discrimination A new survey of 3,000 employees shows just how pervasive discrimination is. By Margo Snipe , CapitalB February 24, 2024 Truthout
Excerpt | Racial Justice The Red Scare Overlapped With Another State-Sanctioned Panic: The Black Scare Rooted in white people’s fear of Black Nationalism, the Black Scare was conjoined with the anti-communist Red Scare. By Charisse Burden-Stelly , UniversityofChicagoPress/Truthout February 2, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Fani Willis Accuses TrumpWorld of Playing Race Card With Relationship Allegation The Fulton County DA noted that of the three special counselors she appointed, only the Black man was attacked. By Igor Derysh , Salon January 15, 2024 Truthout
News | Culture & Media Florida Bill Could Lead to a $35,000 Fine for Accusing Someone of Racism “More attempts to chill free speech in the ‘free’ State of Florida,” said one Democratic lawmaker. By Zane McNeill , Truthout January 11, 2024 Truthout
Interview | Racial Justice How Can Philosophy Speak to a World in Crisis? The Answer May Lie in Our Bodies. Pain and vulnerability can isolate us -- or be the source of our deepest bonds, says philosopher Drew Leder. By George Yancy , Truthout January 7, 2024 Truthout
Op-Ed | Racial Justice Stop-and-Frisk Policing by Any Other Name Won’t Provide Safety in Philadelphia Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker’s response to gun violence is more policing and the reintroduction of stop-and-frisk. By Rann Miller , Truthout January 1, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Federal Judge Halts Removal of Confederate Statue at Arlington National Cemetery The statue features racist and revisionist history, falsely depicting enslaved people in the antebellum south as happy. By Chris Walker , Truthout December 19, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Far Right Win in Dutch Elections Shows How Quickly the Right Is Rising in Europe Geert Wilders’s election is an ominous harbinger. The hour has come for Europe to stymie the spread of the far right. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout December 2, 2023 Truthout
News | Human Rights Palestinian Americans Worry Rhetoric Will Turn Into Islamophobic Legislation Palestinians across the U.S. are speaking out about what it’s like seeing the country turn against them. By Lajward Zahra , Prism November 11, 2023 Truthout