Black history is so powerful Republicans want to bury it
(Source: Unsplash/Library of Congress) If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the course of the MAGA-fueled years of Republican extremism that has become the new center of the GOP, it’s…
(Source: Unsplash/Library of Congress) If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the course of the MAGA-fueled years of Republican extremism that has become the new center of the GOP, it’s…
By Rashad Shabazz, Arizona State University Protestors march in the streets of Memphis on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023 after Tyre Nichols, a Black man, was killed by local police. (Credit:…
By Jerald Podair, Lawrence University Civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my…
By Howard Manly, The Conversation In the case of the five Black, former Memphis police officers accused of murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, justice has moved quickly.…
UNWATCHED A Louisiana Law Department That Polices Itself This story was originally published by ProPublica. By Richard A. Webster, Verite ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for…
Originally published by The 19th By Candice Norwood and Jasmine Mithani, The 19th "Joe Biden" by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. President Joe Biden entered the White House…
By Viola Franziska Müller, University of Bonn "Slave Auction" by Allen Gathman is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. For generations, the Underground Railroad has been the quintessential story of resistance…
By Alvin Thomas, University of Wisconsin-Madison The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea (Credit: Pexels) Online racial discrimination or harassment has a negative…
By Cara Anthony January 30, 2023 In 2019, Johnnie Haire broke ground on a new section of the Sunset Gardens of Memory cemetery in Millstadt, Illinois, to create the “Garden…
By Jonathan Feingold, Boston University "Ron DeSantis" by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ disdain for “woke ideology” is on full display. At a…