Anti-racism activism

Why Isn’t Yale As Radical as Mizzou?

Why Isn’t Yale As Radical as Mizzou? Why Isn’t Yale As Radical as Mizzou?

University of Missouri students pulled all the right levers for structural change. Why hasn’t Yale done the same?

Nov 11, 2015 / StudentNation / Daniel Moattar

3 Lessons From University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe’s Resignation

3 Lessons From University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe’s Resignation 3 Lessons From University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe’s Resignation

The administrators created a world in which universities revolve socially, politically, and economically around the exploited labor of football. Now let them reap what they sow.

Nov 9, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Student protestors at the University of Mississippi demand the remove of the Confederate-styled state flag.

Will the University of Mississippi Ditch Its State Flag? Will the University of Mississippi Ditch Its State Flag?

Tomorrow its student government will vote on a resolution that would remove the Mississippi state flag from campus grounds because of its “[incorporation of] the Confederate battle...

Oct 19, 2015 / StudentNation / Carlos Ballesteros

October 16, 1995: The Million Man March in Washington, DC

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 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

Reclaiming Black History, One Grave at a Time

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 / Photo Essay / Brian Palmer and Erin Hollaway Palmer

October 15, 1966: The Black Panther Party Is Founded

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 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

Kim Davis Is Not an LGBT Southerner’s Only Problem

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

A Singapore Police exercise at Urban Shield 2014.

Oakland Residents Respond as the Largest Police Training in the World Invades Oakland Residents Respond as the Largest Police Training in the World Invades

The Urban Shield police expo has become so popular among police around the world that the Sheriff’s Office no longer has to advertise.

Sep 21, 2015 / Aaron Miguel Cantú

Ahmed Mohamed

Obama Should Stand With Ahmed—at His Mosque in Texas Obama Should Stand With Ahmed—at His Mosque in Texas

The president has yet to visit an American mosque. Ahmed Mohamed’s ordeal is the perfect opportunity to launch a new fight against anti-Muslim bigotry.

Sep 17, 2015 / Ali Gharib

Are Americans Finally Facing Up to the True Costs of Mass Incarceration?

Are Americans Finally Facing Up to the True Costs of Mass Incarceration? Are Americans Finally Facing Up to the True Costs of Mass Incarceration?

The human devastation caused by prisons goes far beyond the cost to taxpayers.

Sep 16, 2015 / Dani McClain

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