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June 1, 2021
In California, a Case of Black Land Loss Is Finally Being Made Right
Charles and Willa Bruce, Black landowners in Manhattan Beach, lost their land to eminent domain in 1924. Nearly 100 years later, it’s being returned to their living descendants.
Kali Holloway
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April 19, 2021
American Journalism’s Role in Promoting Racist Terror
History must be acknowledged before justice can be done.
Channing Gerard Joseph
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March 17, 2021
The History of Freedom Is a History of Whiteness
A conversation with Tyler Stovall about his recent book White Freedom and whether or not the legacy of liberty can break away from racial exclusion and domination.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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February 24, 2021
New York City and the Persistence of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Even after slave trade was banned, the United States and New York City, in particular, were complicit in allowing it to persist.
Gerald Horne
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February 17, 2021
We Need a Racial Reckoning to Save Democracy
We must undergo a truth and reconciliation process in order to establish a new civic consensus.
Megan Ming Francis and Deepak Bhargava
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October 30, 2020
Here’s How to Ruin Tom Cotton’s Election Night
The Arkansas senator wants to pretend he’s running unopposed, but there’s an alternative candidate to the more-Trump-than-Trump senator who penned a fascistic op-ed.
John Nichols
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October 2, 2020
American History Is Getting Whitewashed, Again
As demands for racial justice grow, Trump is pushing historical mythmaking into high gear.
Kali Holloway
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September 21, 2020
Orlando Patterson and the Postcolonial Predicament
Out of the ruins of colonialism and empire, the sociologist insisted we could fashion a more egalitarian and liberated future.
Adom Getachew
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July 3, 2020
Black Lives and the Fourth of July
After Juneteenth, it’s hard to overlook the hollowness of American freedom.
Westenley Alcenat
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June 25, 2020
Letting Go of Robert E. Lee at Washington and Lee University
It is going to get increasingly hard to persuade high school students who care about diversity to attend a university named after a Confederate general.
Toni Locy