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NRA Issues Call for White Supremacy and Armed Insurrection
The gun lobby's new “recruitment ad” is deliberately crafted to stir anger and fear.
Racist US Laws Provided Inspiration to the Nazis: An Interview With James Q. Whitman
The Nazis were inspired and emboldened by the US's anti-miscegenation and second-class citizenship laws.
“America Is on Trial”: Historian Ibram X. Kendi on the Failure to Convict Cops Who Kill Black People
Historian Ibram X. Kendi discusses the acquittal of the police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile and what it means.
Venezuela Is Under Attack for Asserting That Black Lives Matter
Venezuela's audacity in standing up to racism and racist US imperialism has earned it the wrath of US mainstream media.
Rev. William Barber: “Voter Suppression Hacked Our Democracy“
Already this year, legislators in 31 states have introduced close to 100 bills to limit access to registration and voting
How “Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform” Institutionalizes a Right-Wing, Neoliberal Agenda
The US carceral system is not winding itself down as a humanitarian response to the racialized and economic brutalities of mass incarceration.
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The President Responds to the Latest Terror Attack
Expect More Murders: Why the Radical Right Kills
With the demonizing narratives of the Trump administration, we should brace ourselves for more violence from the radical right.
America’s Toxic Prisons: The Environmental Injustices of Mass Incarceration
U.S. prisons may be largely hidden from sight, but their environmental toxicity spreads far beyond their walls.