Solidarity with Ukraine
The Ukraine Solidarity Network believes that the victims of aggression have every right to defend themselves and should receive the support of those who support national self-determination and justice.
Can Corporations Walk the Walk on Racial Justice?
Many companies are tweeting about their commitment to racial equity, but not practicing it in their own staffing.
The Simplest Way to Close the Racial Wealth Gap? Direct Cash Payments
Here’s my proposal: give $20,000 to every American with an enslaved ancestor, every year, for 20 years. We can afford it
Danny Glover Supports Landmark Reparations Fund in Chicago Suburb
The Hollywood actor spoke at an Evanston townhall in support of a new policy to use revenue from marijuana legalization to narrow racial economic gaps.
400 Years After Slavery, No More Band-Aids
It’s time to heal the deep wounds of racism — not only to ensure equity for African Americans, but for our entire economy.
Why 21st-Century America Needs to Enact Reparations
The House Judiciary Committee finally debated HR 40, which would form a commission to study the legacy of U.S. slavery — and how to make reparations for it.
How to Shrink the Wealth Gap for Minorities and Everyone Else While We Study Reparations
Reparations need to be part of this discussion, but we should also look at policies that would turn around our regressive economy for all Americans.
Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide
The deep and persistent racial wealth divide will not close without bold, structural reform.
This Is What Reparations Could Actually Look Like In America
A tax on concentrated would have a positive impact on the economy for everyone, reducing the racialized, distorting impact of concentrated wealth.
A Post-Racial Society Wouldn’t Have an Increasing Racial Wealth Divide
It’s simply not true that race plays less of a role in economic inequality than it did in previous generations, Josh Hoxie tells the Real News Network.
From Civil Rights to Human Rights, Black Community Control Now!
This UN presence marks another important step forward to obtaining true independent oversight and justice for many who have lost their families to anti-Black police terrorism.
Payback for Colonial Sins
The British government’s offer to pay reparations to colonial-era torture victims in Kenya dispels the notion that British colonialism was any better than the rest.
Way Worse Than a Dumb War: Iraq Ten Years Later
It didn’t take long for the world to recognize that the US invasion and occupation of Iraq constituted a “dumb war.” But dumb wasn’t the half of it.