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End Legal Slavery in the United States

Andrew Ross, Tommaso Bardelli and Aiyuba Thomas New York Times
Some historians have described the South's convict leasing system as “worse than slavery,” because there was no incentive to avoid working those people to death.

On Juneteenth: Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America

Interview of Clint Smith by Amy Goodman Democracy Now
"If we don't fully understand and account for slavery's history in this country, we won't understand how it shaped the political, economic and social infrastructure of this country and the landscape of inequality today."

A National Climate Action Plan, Why We Need It and How To Do It

John J. Berger Tom Dispatch
It could hardly be clearer that the world is already in the throes of a climate catastrophe. That means it’s high time for the U.S. to declare a national climate emergency to help focus us all on the disaster at hand.

Tax Policy Is a Part of the Black American Story

Brakeyshia Samms Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
Policymakers can only make sensible decisions when they understand what the tax system’s shortcomings have done to Black communities.

UN Commission Finds Israel Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity

Bashir Abu-Manneh Jacobin
A new report by a UN commission finds that Israel intended to murder civilians en masse, inflict wide-scale civilian destruction, and collectively punish Palestinians in Gaza — holding them hostage to its political aims.

No. Seriously. What if Trump Wins Again?

Cayden Mak, Daniel Hunter, Katey Lauer Convergence
Choose Democracy launched a set of online tools and strategy games to help prepare for this election and after. The tools invite participants to explore their reactions and options, to plot their own route through uncharted territory.