
By Taiwanna Milligan, Facing South — This summer I went on strike at Dollar General in Holly Hill, South Carolina. My coworkers and I were standing up for our rights and fighting…
By Taiwanna Milligan, Facing South — This summer I went on strike at Dollar General in Holly Hill, South Carolina. My coworkers and I were standing up for our rights and fighting…
Nearly 200,000 people in Mississippi’s capital don’t have water to drink, flush toilets, or fight fires. By Joseph Lee, Grist — Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has declared a state of…
Williams, who lost possibly her last match on Friday night, made herself felt beyond the game as arguably no player ever has. By Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker — It…
A functioning democracy could easily dispatch Donald Trump and his doppelgängers. A failed democracy and bankrupt liberalism assures their ascendancy. By Chris Hedges, Common Dreams — There is a fatal disconnect…
The price of essentials like rent and medical drugs will never come down to pre-pandemic inflation levels if corporate greed goes unchallenged. By Edward Ongweso Jr., Vice — These days,…
The EU’s tax haven and ‘dirty money’ blacklists discriminate against Caribbean countries and other poor nations while letting western nations off the hook. By Kenneth Mohammed, The Guardian — The…
The partisan redistricting tactics of cracking and packing aren’t merely flaws in the system—they are the system. By Louis Menand, The New Yorker — To look on the bright side…
Bolivia makes progress in reparations for victims of the dictatorships (1964-1982). By teleSUR — The Minister of Justice, Iván Lima, highlighted this Sunday that Bolivia is making progress in the…
By Unesco — On the night of 22 to 23 August 1791, in Saint Domingue, today the Republic of Haiti, saw the beginning of the uprising that would play a…
The descendants are the progeny of 272 enslaved men, women and children sold in 1838 by the Jesuit owners of Georgetown University. By Deepa Bharath, AP — Last year, the…
Covering up slavery in the birth of the US. Lawmakers are seeking to downplay the role that slavery played in the development of the United States, but history tells a…
In the classroom, historical events that happened more than a century ago can still prompt difficult conversations about race and inequality. By Fahima Haque, NYT — The ongoing debate over…