Anti-racism activism

What It Feels Like to Be a ‘Demographic Threat’ to Israel

What It Feels Like to Be a ‘Demographic Threat’ to Israel What It Feels Like to Be a ‘Demographic Threat’ to Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu’s attack on Arab voters was not just an electioneering tactic. Such fear-mongering is rooted in the foundation of the Zionist project in Palestine.

Mar 20, 2015 / Yousef Munayyer

Where in America Are Black People Safe From Racism? Nowhere.

Where in America Are Black People Safe From Racism? Nowhere. Where in America Are Black People Safe From Racism? Nowhere.

Starbucks’ “Race Together” campaign rings false as cases of police brutality multiply.

Mar 19, 2015 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith

DOJ Report Confirms Racism Is Alive and Well in Ferguson. Now What?

DOJ Report Confirms Racism Is Alive and Well in Ferguson. Now What? DOJ Report Confirms Racism Is Alive and Well in Ferguson. Now What?

We need decriminalization, not just data.

Mar 6, 2015 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith

Three Years Later, the Legacy of Trayvon Martin and #BlackLivesMatter

Three Years Later, the Legacy of Trayvon Martin and #BlackLivesMatter Three Years Later, the Legacy of Trayvon Martin and #BlackLivesMatter

The tragic death of Trayvon Martin inspired a new generation of activists who fight to make black lives matter.

Feb 26, 2015 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith

Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed

Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed

Racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground.

Feb 25, 2015 / Feature / Ari Berman

In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police

In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police

Activists and organizers gathered at the Schomburg Center to interrogate the current conditions of American policing.

Feb 25, 2015 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith

How the Left Failed France’s Muslims

How the Left Failed France’s Muslims How the Left Failed France’s Muslims

When the left abdicated its outreach to marginalized communities, the Islamists moved in.

Feb 6, 2015 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Walden Bello and Foreign Policy In Focus

Bratton’s Police State on Steroids

Bratton’s Police State on Steroids Bratton’s Police State on Steroids

The formation of the NYPD’s new Strategic Response Unit raises disturbing questions about police brutality.

Feb 6, 2015 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith

Martin Luther King Jr.

A National Day of Service Is No Honor to MLK A National Day of Service Is No Honor to MLK

Service, without activism, doesn’t capture King’s true radicalism.

Jan 19, 2015 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith

Egypt’s Revolutionary Artist Takes On the NYPD

Egypt’s Revolutionary Artist Takes On the NYPD Egypt’s Revolutionary Artist Takes On the NYPD

Ganzeer’s new show opens today in New York.

Jan 16, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ali Gharib

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