A grand jury indicted one former Louisville police officer involved in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor—but not for her death.
Racial Justice
Race and caste are not the same system, but they are parallel oppressions that have the same logic.
After the civil rights movement, White people in the U.S. were still widely uncommitted to systemic solutions and policies to support racial equality. Although attitudes have shifted since, it’s not enough for transformative change.
Hip hop artists have protested police violence in their music for decades, just like Southern blues and jazz artists did in the late 1800s.
Three photographers offer perspectives on documenting the moment: “The revolution needs to be irresistible, right?”
A new group of allies is fighting a proposed asphalt plant that threatens their health and their homes.
By addressing prejudices head-on with an open mind, blues musician Daryl Davis has succeeded in convincing over 200 KKK members and other White supremacists to disavow their allegiances.
Because the humanity of every person is what we fight for when we advocate to end police violence, to support better treatment for COVID patients and doctors, or to institute justice everywhere.
Health inequity for Black people in the U.S. is not a new phenomenon. But COVID-19 shined a light on the problem—and it’s costing lives.
While Indigenous and other people of color traditionally lack the power to enact racism, we can and do exercise clear racial prejudice against Black people.
Despite being an avid proponent of slavery, the historical figure has been quite prominent in American society—and not just in the South.
Truth commissions and reparations programs can effectively involve all perspectives in a conflict about longstanding political and economic grievances.
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