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Saying No to Cop City: Reviving a Radical Black Liberation Movement in Atlanta and Beyond

Saying No to Cop City: Reviving a Radical Black Liberation Movement in Atlanta and Beyond

Curtis Duncan on George Floyd, Police Brutality, Community Organizations, and More

By Curtis Duncan | May 21, 2025

Beyond Institutions: Why Black Empowerment Must Bridge the Opportunity Gap

Beyond Institutions: Why Black Empowerment Must Bridge the Opportunity Gap

Andre M. Perry on the Ongoing Struggle For Racial, Social and Economic Justice in America

By Andre M. Perry | April 14, 2025

How Systemic Racism Leads to a Lifetime of Self-Imposed Isolation For Black Americans

How Systemic Racism Leads to a Lifetime of Self-Imposed Isolation For Black Americans

Chad Sanders on Learning to Process the Societal and Psychological Effects of Anti-Blackness

By Chad Sanders | February 14, 2025

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

To Dream of Beauty: On the Possibility of Afrofuturism as a Solution to Climate Catastrophe

To Dream of Beauty: On the Possibility of Afrofuturism as a Solution to Climate Catastrophe

Christopher J. Schell Considers the Intersections of Systemic Racism and Systematic Destruction of the Environment

By Christopher J. Schell | August 15, 2024

How Colorism Impacts Black Women’s Physical and Mental Health

How Colorism Impacts Black Women’s Physical and Mental Health

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

By Layal Liverpool | June 17, 2024

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Emily Flitter on What She Learned From a Source’s Silence

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How White Supremacy Was Codified Into Law in America

How White Supremacy Was Codified Into Law in America

Margaret A. Burnham on the Legal Legacy of Jim Crow

By Margaret A. Burnham | September 28, 2022

How Abolition Feminism Fuels the Movement For Black Liberation

How Abolition Feminism Fuels the Movement For Black Liberation

Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie on Black Feminists' Fight Against the Carceral State

By Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie | September 1, 2022

How Unjust Drug Policy and Systemic Racism Created a Class of Innocent Felons

How Unjust Drug Policy and Systemic Racism Created a Class of Innocent Felons

Jen Maxfield on Christopher Clemente, the Falsely Accused and Framed "Ivy League Crack Dealer"

By Jen Maxfield | July 22, 2022

Censorship By Omission: How Systemic Racism is Downplayed and Dismissed in the Classroom

Censorship By Omission: How Systemic Racism is Downplayed and Dismissed in the Classroom

Jared Del Rosso on What is and Isn't Taught in American Schools

By Jared Del Rosso | July 15, 2022

It’s an Honor Just to Be Asian: Sandra Oh on Systemic Racism in Hollywood

It’s an Honor Just to Be Asian: Sandra Oh on Systemic Racism in Hollywood

“For the first time, I’m finally getting film roles where my character’s name is Korean.”

By Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, and Philip Wang | March 7, 2022

We the People, But Not All People: On the Shaky Foundations of Our Constitution

We the People, But Not All People: On the Shaky Foundations of Our Constitution

Elie Mystal: “The Constitution is not gospel, it’s not magic.”

By eliemystal | March 3, 2022

On the Innocence of Anthony Broadwater (and Guilt of Alice Sebold)

On the Innocence of Anthony Broadwater (and Guilt of Alice Sebold)

Innocence Project Lawyer Steven Wright Examines the Systems That Condemn Us All

By Steven Wright | December 22, 2021

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