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Inside the Fight to Take Down the Confederate Monuments in New Orleans Inside the Fight to Take Down the Confederate Monuments in New Orleans

Activists are taking on their city’s racist legacy—and winning.

Jun 19, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Sioux Tribal Chairman David Archambault II

A Major Global Foundation Just Pledged $1 Million to the Standing Rock Sioux A Major Global Foundation Just Pledged $1 Million to the Standing Rock Sioux

And that’s not the only good news the tribe received this month.

Jun 19, 2017 / Abbey White

Grenfell Tower in London

Another Terror Attack in London, as Grief and Anger Build in the Wake of the Grenfell Tower Fire Another Terror Attack in London, as Grief and Anger Build in the Wake of the Grenfell Tower Fire

The conflagration was a lethal consequence of years of putting profit before people’s lives.

Jun 19, 2017 / Maria Margaronis

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Colin Kaepernick, Philando Castile, and the Lost Wisdom of Roger Goodell’s Father Colin Kaepernick, Philando Castile, and the Lost Wisdom of Roger Goodell’s Father

The need for radical voices has never been more pressing. Defending voices that are being silenced is a task for all of us.

Jun 18, 2017 / Dave Zirin

The Police Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Is Found Not Guilty

The Police Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Is Found Not Guilty The Police Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Is Found Not Guilty

Even a liberal enclave like the one Castile lived in, even having a licensed gun, like Castile had, cannot bring worth to a black man’s life in the eyes of our racist jus...

Jun 16, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Is a Russian Agent, and Other Things I Learned This Week Bernie Sanders Is a Russian Agent, and Other Things I Learned This Week

A case study in how fake news is attracting liberals. 

Jun 16, 2017 / George Zornick

Anti-ICE Protests

DACA Stays, Even As the Federal Government Pursues DREAMers DACA Stays, Even As the Federal Government Pursues DREAMers

Trump will not revoke Obama’s protections for immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. But his administration is still going after some of them.

Jun 16, 2017 / Julianne Hing

The Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Not Over. Here’s How You Can Join

The Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Not Over. Here’s How You Can Join The Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Not Over. Here’s How You Can Join

The water protectors and their allies have been taking aim at the project in a way that the companies behind it are sure to notice: by hitting them in their pocketbooks.

Jun 16, 2017 / Skanda Kadirgamar

Trump Climate Change

Trump Is Appointing Racist Fake-News Purveyors to the Federal Bench Trump Is Appointing Racist Fake-News Purveyors to the Federal Bench

A radical transformation of the judiciary is underway. 

Jun 16, 2017 / George Zornick

Jordan Edwards

Systemic Racism Couldn’t Care Less About Your Respectability Politics Systemic Racism Couldn’t Care Less About Your Respectability Politics

What could not save Philando Castile, Jordan Edwards or Richard Collins III is the same thing that I have been told would save me, a young black college student: respectability.

Jun 16, 2017 / StudentNation / Shekinah Mondoua

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