Curricula that challenge oppression are being shut down. How do we resist?
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We Can’t Let White Nationalism Dictate What Is Taught and Learned in Classrooms Read Post »
Trump isn’t even trying to hide his authoritarianism within social acceptability.
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Trump’s Education Plan Seeks to Make Cruel Domination Into “Common Sense” Read Post »
Trump wants a populace unaware of the Black freedom struggle — because it is a guide for defeating his fascist plans.
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Trump Wants to Bury Slavery. My Family Went South to Unearth It. Read Post »
When Trymaine Lee began writing his first book, he didn’t realize that the gun violence he was reporting on was such a central part of his own story. But then he began digging into his family history, only to fully learn about a series of racially motivated murders involving his ancestors. Lee’s book, A Thousand […]
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Being Black in America Almost Killed Me Part 2 Read Post »
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Trymaine Lee was in the middle of writing his first book when the unthinkable happened. At 38, a massive heart attack nearly took his life. That near-death experience forced him to reckon with the toll his reporting has taken on his life, including the years he’s spent chronicling gun violence involving Black […]
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Being Black in America Almost Killed Me Part 1 Read Post »
College quotas haven’t existed since 1978, but the right keeps people misinformed.
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Racist Lies About College “Quotas” Stoke Support for Trump’s War on Higher Ed Read Post »
Ambassador Tom Barrack said “animalistic” behavior is “the problem with what is happening” in the Middle East.
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Trump Envoy Sparks Fury for Telling Lebanese Journalists Not to Be “Animalistic” Read Post »
For Black August, Mireille Fanon Mendès-France sets the record straight on her father’s revolutionary legacy.
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“Defeatism Has No Place” in Liberation Struggles, Frantz Fanon’s Daughter Says Read Post »
Since resuming office, President Donald Trump has sought to rewrite American history, rejecting any signs of historical division and exalting some of the nation’s most notorious oppressors. On Monday, the latest chapter of this quest unfolded: The National Park Service (NPS) announced that officials will restore and reinstall a Washington, DC, statue of a Confederate […]
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Trump Will Restore a Confederate Monument in the Nation’s Capital Read Post »
During the 2025 Grammy Awards—the same night he made outdated quips about Colombian cocaine when speaking about Shakira—host Trevor Noah joked that 13,000 members of the Recording Academy had voted for the night’s winners—before adding, “and 20 million illegal immigrants.” The joke led to massive backlash online and an eyeroll from Doechii on the night. […]
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Anti-Immigrant Language Is Rising—Even on the Left Read Post »
Just a few years ago, historian and activist Dr. Ibram X. Kendi seemed to be everywhere. At the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, Kendi became one of the leading voices on racism in America—and particularly what he described as antiracism. In 2019, his book How to Be an Antiracist became a best-seller. And […]
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Ibram X. Kendi vs. America’s “Antiracism Backlash” Read Post »
As Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who made history last month with his stunning victory in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, continues to rake in powerful endorsements, he made a scheduling announcement: He’s on a brief trip to celebrate his February nuptials with “family and friends.” Such bland news wouldn’t normally require […]
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Mamdani Skewers Racist Critics With Delightful Video Read Post »
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