The new lynching memorial confronts the racial terrorism that corrupted America—and still does.
Trump's regression on judicial diversity could take decades to reverse. This is especially true in the fast-changing South, where federal courts have historically played a critical role in protecting civil rights.
The monument sheds light in an unprecedented and innovative way on the reasons and circumstances surrounding the death and torture of countless victims, including women and children, who suffered at the hands of vigilante mobs.
When he promised to put America first in his inaugural speech, Donald Trump drew on a slogan with a long and sinister history – a sign of what was to follow in his presidency
Even after extensive research has been done to show the gender pay gap exists (and persists), some skeptics refuse to believe the data. The infographic shows some of the most common criticisms of the gender wage gap and rebuts the “mansplainers” with data.
"The South is the most rapidly changing region in the nation and deserves courts that reflect the diversity of its present and future — not its past."
Mitch Landrieu writes about how a conversation with jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis helped him confront his city's racist history and what he did about that history.
The language of the moment suggests that it's Blackness that's the problem, not bias.
Today's Poor People's Campaign seeks to develop local leadership, including strong representation of the millions of poor people — black, brown, and white — to create a multi-racial, multi-gendered, intergenerational movement to heal the racial and economic divides tearing America apart.
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