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How Racist Policies Destroyed Public Housing and Created the American Suburbs

How Racist Policies Destroyed Public Housing and Created the American Suburbs

Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis on the Systematic Post-War Displacement of Communities of Color

By Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis | September 25, 2024

How the Work of Thomas Dixon Shaped White America’s Racist Fantasies

How the Work of Thomas Dixon Shaped White America’s Racist Fantasies

Joel Edward Goza on the Literary and Cinematic Legacy of White Supremacy in the United States

By Joel Edward Goza | September 23, 2024

How the Far-Right Uses Educational Takeover to Impose Its Agenda

How the Far-Right Uses Educational Takeover to Impose Its Agenda

Jason Stanley on the Ongoing Fight Against Creeping Fascism in American Schools

By Jason Stanley | September 16, 2024

Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures

Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures

The Author of “Magically Black and Other Essays” Reflects on Serena Williams, Gang Signs, and “Scaring the White Folks”

By Jerald Walker | September 10, 2024

Bigoted Bookselling: When the Nazis Opened a Propaganda Bookstore in Los Angeles

Bigoted Bookselling: When the Nazis Opened a Propaganda Bookstore in Los Angeles

Evan Friss on Hitler’s Attempt to Win Americans Over to His Cause

By Evan Friss | August 21, 2024

“Black Infiltrators.” On the Systematic Abuse of African Refugees in Israel

“Black Infiltrators.” On the Systematic Abuse of African Refugees in Israel

Sylvain Cypel Considers the Emergence of Anti-Blackness as a Powerful Motivator in Israeli Society

By Sylvain Cypel | August 9, 2024

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Layal Liverpool on Racist Beauty Standards and the Hidden Harms of Hair Relaxers

By Layal Liverpool | June 17, 2024

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L.S. Stratton on “Godmother” Charlotte Osgood Mason and Artistic Control During the Harlem Renaissance

By L.S. Stratton | June 13, 2024

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Katrina M. Powell Explores the Long History of Migration and Displacement in a Majority White Region

By Katrina M. Powell | June 10, 2024

Growing Up Racist: How Young White Supremacists Are Taught to Hate

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R. Derek Black on Unlearning the Warped Ideology of Their White Nationalist Childhood

By R. Derek Black | May 30, 2024

Unapologetically Free: A Personal Declaration of Independence From the Formerly Enslaved

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Abolitionist and Writer John Swanson Jacobs on Reclaiming Liberty In a Land of Unfreedom

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