By Suyin Haynes, TIME — As Irish-Nigerian academic and broadcaster Emma Dabiri prepares for the U.S. release of her latest book, she reflects on the thinkers who have inspired her…
By James Ford, PIX 11 News — Because many people aren’t aware of northern states’ history of slavery, and because the descendants of those enslaved people have drastically less wealth…
KC mayor joins leaders across the country in exploring opportunities for reparations. By Bianca Beltrán, KMBC News — Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas is joining 10 mayors across the country…
By Naomi Prioleau, BPR — Durham is showing what providing reparations for slavery could look like by actually trying to do it. The city’s budget for the next fiscal year…
The United States’ first civil rights movement. By Kellie Carter Jackson — Racism is not regional. I often hear people refer to it as though it were trapped in the…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The latest outbreak and resurgence of raw and even rabid racism, culminating in the violent insurrectionist attack on the Capitol, has sent the country into…
By Scott Merzbach, Daily Hampshire Gazette — Amherst is establishing a reparations fund that will be used for making restitution to Black residents for past harms against them and leading…
It’s clear that the Republican assault on democracy is actually just beginning. By Heather Digby Parton, Salon — On Sunday night, CNN aired a two-hour documentary called “Assault on Democracy” chronicling the evolution of…
Often backed by organizations affiliated with police unions, the laws encompass a wide range of punitive tactics. By Ella Fassler, Truthout — This June, a dangerously low-flying helicopter operated by…
Analysis of US survey data finds that white people who hold racist views are more likely than others to favor military action over diplomacy in China and Iran, and to…
By Glenn Gamboa — Reparations, Earl Lewis says, are not about the past. Rather, they are very much about the present, says the founding director of the University of Michigan…
By Ben Jealous — The far-right attack on voting rights is fierce. And the unwillingness of some Senate Democrats to challenge rules that allow a Republican minority to block voting…