
White nationalists parade through the U. of Virginia campus on the eve of the “Unite the Right” rally that left three people dead. Are colleges unconsciously endorsing the white victimhood…
White nationalists parade through the U. of Virginia campus on the eve of the “Unite the Right” rally that left three people dead. Are colleges unconsciously endorsing the white victimhood…
Participants in white supremacist violence are overwhelmingly young and predominantly male. By Daniel Keating, Salon — The white supremacist uprising in Charlottesville shocked the nation, which watched with horror the angry, racist…
But opposition decreases toward school vouchers By Arianna Prothero, Education Week — President Donald Trump’s vocal support for charter schools and private-school vouchers has had some school choice supporters wringing…
The best way to honor his memory this Labor Day and every day is to continue the struggle for human dignity. By Peter Dreier, AlterNet — Most Americans today know…
At a once-segregated base in heart of the Confederacy, four of America’s first black Marines were finally recognized with one of our highest civilian honors. By James LaPorta — CAMP…
By W. T. Whitney — Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, recently surveyed U. S. patterns of violent racial oppression following the end of slavery. Pointing to South Africa, Rwanda,…
By Matthew Delmont, The Conversation | News Analysis — In July 1943, one month after a race riot shook Detroit, Vice President Henry Wallace spoke to a crowd of union workers and…
Examining Lorraine Hansberry’s Impact on an American Genius By Malik Gaines, Literary Hub — Nina Simone credited her friends of the black intelligentsia for facilitating her political education in the…
By Christopher Petrella and Justin Gomer — A *few weeks ago, we convened and moderated a “justice and equity” reading group for students, staff, and faculty at a local college. Our…
By Jesse Jackson — Colin Kaepernick, the former quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, is being blackballed — itself a revealing phrase — from the National Football League with the…
By Mike Ludwig — He has come for Mexicans, Muslims, Black people, trans people, Democrats, the news media, activists and even leading members of Congress from his own party. Few have been…
American Shame: Colin Kaepernick is jobless for thought crime By William Boardman — To watch America’s structural racism at work, one need look no further than the National Football League…