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Using Dogs as a Tool of Racist Repression
Along with training K9s to horrifically maul people, cops have frequently been caught committing animal abuse.
Five Steps Toward Ending the Black Homeownership Crisis in the US
In the absence of national leadership, some tactical solutions to closing the racial gap in homeownership.
Oklahoma Could Execute Potentially Innocent Prisoners With Nitrogen Gas
Oklahoma has ended its moratorium on the death penalty but the flaws and racial bias in its judicial system remain.
Four Years After Eric Garner’s Killing, His Family Still Seeks Accountability
Eric Garner's mother, Gwen Carr, discusses the ongoing push for justice.
High School Massacres Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg Among Youth Gun Deaths
An excerpt of Gary Younge's book “Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives.”
Black Americans’ Median Wealth Could Disappear in One Generation
Intergenerational wealth, which slavery enabled white families to accumulate, contributes to the racial wealth gap.
Human Zoos in the Age of Trump
What everyday horrors of our world will our descendants look back on with disgust in the future?
Memorial for Lynching Victims a First Step Toward Reconciliation
It offers a place of reckoning for generations of racial trauma.
Black Athletes Have Been Involved in the Political Struggle From the Beginning
A CounterSpin interview with Howard Bryant on Black athletes and activism.