Donald Trump’s Real Mob Connections
Will the November election be decided in the streets?
The NFL Can’t Avoid Politics Even If It Wants To
NFL owners and even some fans might want to simply watch their teams compete and forget about the world’s problems. Right now, that’s just not possible.
Professional Athletes and the Power of a Union
If a few sports walkouts can force change on the national level, imagine what an Amazon or Wal-Mart walkout could do.
Teach Anti-Racism in Schools. It’s Worth It.
Research shows engaging directly with our country’s racist past and present helps students of all colors.
Land of the Unfree
This July 4, let’s lay claim to the freedom and equality we’ve celebrated for centuries, but seldom practiced.
Virtual Poor People’s Campaign Rally Draws Crowd of More Than a Million
Through personal testimonies of systemic racism, poverty and inequality, ecological devastation, and militarism, the event brought the campaign’s bold fusion agenda to new audiences.
Police Kneeled With Me, Then They Drew Their Guns
“No mainstream media covered the abuse we experienced that night, but the mayor taking a knee went viral.”
For a Racism-Free 22nd Century, We Need a Billionaire-Free 21st
The dead hand of gran fortunes past is still poisoning our present.
White Supremacy is the Preexisting Condition: Eight Solutions to Ensure Economic Recovery Reduces the Racial Wealth Divide
Eight Solutions to Ensure Economic Recovery Reduces the Racial Wealth Divide.
Conservatives Are Comparing Racial Justice Protestors to Maoists
Right-wing “intellectuals” uncomfortable with the Black Lives Matter movement have latched onto a dubious historical analogy.
The Movement for Black Lives Is a Small-Town Movement, Too
Turns out a whole lot of Americans don’t like racism or police brutality — even in conservative, white, rural, or southern towns.
Community Control vs Defunding the Police: A Critical Analysis
More trainings and body cameras aren’t enough. We need power over the institutions that impact our lives, including the police.
I Remember the Lynchings of the 1960s. They’re Still Happening.
My civil rights movement colleagues were murdered in the 1960s, when lynching was common. Sadly, it remains so today.
The Descent of America
America’s racism is destroying its advanced status in real time — and with it, the most redeeming parts of liberal internationalism.
Bus Drivers Refuse to Help Police Transfer Protesters to Jail
Transit workers backed by unions and equity groups in solidarity with demonstrators demanding justice for Black people killed by police.