Letting Go of Robert E. Lee at Washington and Lee University 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.
Jun 25, 2020 / StudentNation / Toni Locy
‘We Can’t Be Duped by Petty Reforms’: A Q&A With a Black Panther ‘We Can’t Be Duped by Petty Reforms’: A Q&A With a Black Panther
Kent Ford, who founded the Portland, Ore., chapter of the Black Panther Party, says we’re finally seeing Fred Hampton’s multiracial coalition in action.
Jun 25, 2020 / Jules Boykoff
Black Lives Matter Protests Are Everywhere, Even in the Unlikeliest Places Black Lives Matter Protests Are Everywhere, Even in the Unlikeliest Places
While massive crowds and police crackdowns rocked major cities, countless other demonstrations occurred in small cities and towns—even in conservative areas with no history of prot...
Jun 25, 2020 / Zoë Carpenter
Unions Are Taking a Stand for Black Lives Unions Are Taking a Stand for Black Lives
A dock shutdown in Oakland heralds an alliance between antiracist activism and organized labor.
Jun 24, 2020 / Karina Piser
When We Don’t Say Their Names, We Deny Them Justice When We Don’t Say Their Names, We Deny Them Justice
The murders of black cis men sparked the current protests. But black women, trans, nonbinary, and queer folks are fighting for their lives too.
Jun 24, 2020 / Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa
Rural New York Is in the Streets, Marching for Black Lives Rural New York Is in the Streets, Marching for Black Lives
My town voted overwhelmingly for Trump, so I didn’t expect a big crowd at a recent Black Lives Matter protest. I was wrong.
Jun 24, 2020 / All Politics Is Local / Karen Rothmyer
Drop the Charges Against Protesters! Drop the Charges Against Protesters!
It’s time for prosecutors to get on the right side of history—and grant amnesty to Black Lives Matter protesters.
Jun 24, 2020 / Justin Hansford and Arjun Singh Sethi
Tributes to Breonna Taylor Around the Country Tributes to Breonna Taylor Around the Country
Andrea Arroyo, Maria Estela Mendoza, Rosa Logan, Lydia Cardwell, Lily Salska McNeil, Ashley Sadler and Jerome Peel
Jun 24, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Defund the Police. And the Military, Too. Defund the Police. And the Military, Too.
In 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. emphasized the need to overcome “the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism.” The same holds true today.
Jun 24, 2020 / Andrew J. Bacevich
We Need Police Out of Our Schools—Now We Need Police Out of Our Schools—Now
An interview with Minneapolis student leader Nathanial Genene about the uprising, removing police from public schools, and the need to rethink what school looks like.
Jun 23, 2020 / Q&A / Jesse Hagopian