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Texas GOP Passes Sweeping Voter Suppression Law: “This Is How Democracy Dies”
Gov. Greg Abbott has said he will sign the bill outlawing drive-through and 24-hour voting into law.
Texas House Speaker Warns Democrats Not to Say “Racism” in Election Bill Debate
Democrats pointed out that it was, in fact, racist to ban the discussion of racism in the voter suppression bill.
“Caught in Hell”: Complaint Shows Horrors Inflicted on African Asylum Seekers
Anti-Blackness, racism and a culture of white supremacy are the beating heart of the immigrant detention machine.
Trump Loyalists Are Behind Lawsuits Excluding Farmers of Color From Debt Relief
The right-wing-funded legal challenges are about maintaining a conservative base of voters heading into 2022 and beyond.
Josh Hawley’s “Love America Act” Is All About Protecting Racism
Under Hawley's bill, public schools that teach the actual history of our Constitution lose all their federal funds.
Civil Rights Leader, Educator Bob Moses Dies at 86
Moses played a leading role in organizing Black voter registration drives in Mississippi during the 1960s.
Black Feminist “Back Talk” Anchors Resistance on Both Sides of the Atlantic
In the U.K., Black economic insecurity and Black death are treated as routine. This is what erasure looks like.
The Attack on “Critical Race Theory” Deploys a Dangerous Fiction of Neutrality
Contrary to the claims of the GOP, education in a racist and sexist world cannot be “values-neutral.”
The Right Has Chosen Critical Race Theory as Its New Boogeyman to Scare Voters
At least 25 states and many municipalities have proposed or passed legislation banning critical race theory in schools.
Black Womanist Theology Offers Hope in the Face of White Supremacy
Resisting despair honors “all of those grandmothers who kept fighting for justice,” theologian Kelly Brown Douglas says.