The Native American boarding school system — a decades-long effort to assimilate Indigenous people before they ever reached adulthood — robbed children of their culture, family bonds and sometimes their lives.
Sixty years ago today, hundreds of thousands gathered at the Washington Mall, where they heard Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Since then, we’ve beaten a retreat from the march’s vision of racial and economic justice.
The new documentary "Aftershock" tells the stories of two young women who suffered preventable deaths, and of the activists working to protect Black mothers.
Two years on from his death, it’s worth considering the wealth and success he might have had in a different world
Thousands expected at Saturday demonstration as killing of young Congolese lays bare racial fault lines in Brazilian society
Should we win socialism and eliminate capitalism in the U.S., significant racist stratification of the working class will continue. We will need to systematically root it out and defeat the racist forces within the working and middle class.
It’s time to end the war on drug users — repeal the heavy penalties for possession; pardon the millions of nonviolent offenders; replace mass incarceration with mandatory drug treatment; restore voting rights to convicts and ex-convicts.
Nearly six months to the day after self-proclaimed patriots inspired by then-President Donald Trump led a siege on Congress, what should patriotism look like?
“Hope…is not the same as joy that things are going well…or…headed for early success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good...”
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