Anti-racism activism

Police Arrest Two Protesters Demanding a Special Investigator in the Michael Brown Shooting

Police Arrest Two Protesters Demanding a Special Investigator in the Michael Brown Shooting Police Arrest Two Protesters Demanding a Special Investigator in the Michael Brown Shooting

Protesters share many residents’ opinion that St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch harbors a pro-police bias.

Aug 19, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Why Protesters in Ferguson Can’t Stay Home at Night

Why Protesters in Ferguson Can’t Stay Home at Night Why Protesters in Ferguson Can’t Stay Home at Night

The mistrust in Ferguson is being deepened in real time by local officials’ selective release of information. 

Aug 19, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

How to End Militarized Policing

How to End Militarized Policing How to End Militarized Policing

We can undo the policies facilitating police violence in Ferguson.

Aug 18, 2014 / Alex S. Vitale

Is Ferguson’s Ron Johnson the New Captain America?

Is Ferguson’s Ron Johnson the New Captain America? Is Ferguson’s Ron Johnson the New Captain America?

The media find the hero they’ve been looking for.

Aug 16, 2014 / Leslie Savan

The Murder of Black Youth Is a Reproductive Justice Issue

The Murder of Black Youth Is a Reproductive Justice Issue The Murder of Black Youth Is a Reproductive Justice Issue

Can the killing of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri, spark a new kind of conversation about choice, parenting and family?

Aug 13, 2014 / Dani McClain

What Helped Bring Donald Sterling Down? A Threatened Strike Against Racism

What Helped Bring Donald Sterling Down? A Threatened Strike Against Racism What Helped Bring Donald Sterling Down? A Threatened Strike Against Racism

As any union organizer will tell you, a threatened strike is a tactic in and of itself.

Apr 30, 2014 / Dave Zirin

White Noise, Black Politics

White Noise, Black Politics White Noise, Black Politics

What happens when the black experience is relegated to background noise?

Apr 16, 2014 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

The Function of Black Rage

The Function of Black Rage The Function of Black Rage

Our impatience and rage is what has produced progress. That we are still impatient and angry reflects not black people’s failing but how far America still has to go.

Apr 1, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Brown University Booed Ray Kelly and Racism

Brown University Booed Ray Kelly and Racism Brown University Booed Ray Kelly and Racism

College campuses are places for challeging intellectual debate, but racist ideology is neither challenging or intellectual. 

Oct 30, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Oneida Nation Fights to Change the Name of the Washington Football Team

Oneida Nation Fights to Change the Name of the Washington Football Team Oneida Nation Fights to Change the Name of the Washington Football Team

Finally, Native American voices are being heard by the media in protest of the name “Redskins.”

Sep 13, 2013 / Dave Zirin

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