October 16, 1995: The Million Man March in Washington, DC October 16, 1995: The Million Man March in Washington, DC
“Whatever its misogynous and separatist underpinnings, this march drew on a well of community-based black activism.”
Oct 16, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
How Could Tamir Rice’s Death Be ‘Reasonable’? How Could Tamir Rice’s Death Be ‘Reasonable’?
Imaginative legal reasoning deals a real blow.
Oct 15, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Black Deaths Matter Black Deaths Matter
Historic black cemeteries have devolved into trash dumps and overgrown forests, while tidy Confederate memorials still draw public funding.
Oct 15, 2015 / Feature / Seth Freed Wessler
Reclaiming Black History, One Grave at a Time Reclaiming Black History, One Grave at a Time
Photojournalist Brian Palmer documents the effort to restore a Virginia cemetery overtaken by trash and brush during years of official neglect.
Oct 15, 2015 / Brian Palmer and Erin Hollaway Palmer
October 15, 1966: The Black Panther Party Is Founded October 15, 1966: The Black Panther Party Is Founded
“The most that can be held out is the prospect of still more futile gestures, which assure the Panthers that their movement will some day be crushed.”
Oct 15, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
The Senate’s Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill Only Tackles Half the Problem The Senate’s Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill Only Tackles Half the Problem
If we don’t face the injustice of the very existence of prisons, the root causes of mass incarceration will go unaddressed.
Oct 14, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith
3 Facts About the Supposed Cost of Undocumented Immigration 3 Facts About the Supposed Cost of Undocumented Immigration
Or, a campaign-inspired lesson on why myth busting and fact checking isn’t going to be enough to fight anti-immigrant politics in 2016.
Oct 12, 2015 / Julianne Hing
What Alabama Can Learn From California on Voting Rights What Alabama Can Learn From California on Voting Rights
As Alabama closes DMV locations in black counties, California passes a law to automatically register 6 million new voters.
Oct 12, 2015 / Ari Berman
October 12, 1870: Robert E. Lee Dies October 12, 1870: Robert E. Lee Dies
“Skill, courage, patience, and fortitude, and all in the highest degree, nobody can deny him.”
Oct 12, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Kim Davis Is Not an LGBT Southerner’s Only Problem Kim Davis Is Not an LGBT Southerner’s Only Problem
The organizing project Southerners on New Ground takes on police profiling and deportations in its fight for LGBTQ liberation.
Oct 9, 2015 / Dani McClain