Activism

Black Millennials Are Emerging as the ‘Movement Generation’

Black Millennials Are Emerging as the ‘Movement Generation’ Black Millennials Are Emerging as the ‘Movement Generation’

If you’re asking the question “Where is the movement?” you simply haven’t been paying attention.

Aug 28, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

How Trayvon Martin’s Death Launched a New Generation of Black Activism

How Trayvon Martin’s Death Launched a New Generation of Black Activism How Trayvon Martin’s Death Launched a New Generation of Black Activism

A host of new groups are reviving the grassroots fight for racial equality.

Aug 27, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

It’s Time for a 21st-Century Anti-Lynching Movement

It’s Time for a 21st-Century Anti-Lynching Movement It’s Time for a 21st-Century Anti-Lynching Movement

Black women have made connections between their struggles and those of black men since the 1800s.

Aug 27, 2014 / Paula J. Giddings

As People of Color, We’re Not All in the Same Boat

As People of Color, We’re Not All in the Same Boat As People of Color, We’re Not All in the Same Boat

We all have different places in the racial hierarchy. But we can still work together for justice.

Aug 27, 2014 / Rinku Sen

A Q&A With Angela Davis on Black Power, Feminism and the Prison-Industrial Complex

A Q&A With Angela Davis on Black Power, Feminism and the Prison-Industrial Complex A Q&A With Angela Davis on Black Power, Feminism and the Prison-Industrial Complex

“Like Nelson Mandela, we must be willing to embrace the long walk toward freedom.”

Aug 27, 2014 / Frank Barat

For the Sake of Michael Brown

For the Sake of Michael Brown For the Sake of Michael Brown

We believe it is because not nearly enough capable people with resources in this region have heeded our pleas that we have reached this crisis point of complete breakdown. We need ...

Aug 22, 2014 / The St. Louis American Editorial Board

Ferguson and Parallel Universes

Ferguson and Parallel Universes Ferguson and Parallel Universes

What an encounter with a right-of-center take on events in Ferguson tells us about the need for answers now.

Aug 22, 2014 / Dani McClain

What Would Real Economic Justice Look Like in Ferguson?

What Would Real Economic Justice Look Like in Ferguson? What Would Real Economic Justice Look Like in Ferguson?

Labor activists are deepening the conversation about what “justice for Mike Brown” should mean for the impoverished community that now grieves for him.

Aug 20, 2014 / Michelle Chen

Police Arrest Two Protesters Demanding a Special Investigator in the Michael Brown Shooting

Police Arrest Two Protesters Demanding a Special Investigator in the Michael Brown Shooting Police Arrest Two Protesters Demanding a Special Investigator in the Michael Brown Shooting

Protesters share many residents’ opinion that St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch harbors a pro-police bias.

Aug 19, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Why Protesters in Ferguson Can’t Stay Home at Night

Why Protesters in Ferguson Can’t Stay Home at Night Why Protesters in Ferguson Can’t Stay Home at Night

The mistrust in Ferguson is being deepened in real time by local officials’ selective release of information. 

Aug 19, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

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