Race and caste are not the same system, but they are parallel oppressions that have the same logic.
Militarized federal interventions can actually escalate conflict and often leave the underlying causes of protests or crime unresolved.
When NBA players refused to take the court, athlete activism escalated to a new level.
Historically, police have used their legal authority to protect businesses and private property over the working class.
We are proud to introduce the Fall 2020 edition of YES!, the Black Lives issue. Since the police killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, millions of people across
Research suggests vigilantism doesn't arise from an absent or weak government, but rather when the very principles that make up a government and its people themselves seem to be changing.
The Blkpaper campaign wants you to print out these images, grab some wheatpaste, and make a statement.
The police killing of João Pedro Mattos Pinto, a 14-year-old Black Brazilian in Rio de Janeiro, unmasked the scope of police brutality amid a pandemic and led to an unprecedented court decision.
The tech field failed a 25-year challenge to achieve gender equality by 2020. But the shift can start with a culture change.
Lynn’s work has ranged from working in a deli to skinning birds to trail-guiding by horseback to book design and photojournalism. The underlying theme has been connecting—people to each other,
“For the first 15 years of my work in sustainability, I basically ignored the role of race. I thought ‘Let others do that work. There’s plenty of good I can
“How can we ensure that Black lives really matter?” This is the question we posed to online readers as protests erupted across the country in late May. Since then, the
Erin K. Robinson started her creative journey making costumes for television and movies in Los Angeles before returning to New York to design for children’s wear companies, such as the
When, 13 years ago, my father died of a sudden illness at the age of 57, I became immersed in an experience of grief so totalizing that I began to
A self-described product of the East and West Coasts, Marie Mutsuki Mockett was raised by her Japanese-born mother and her White father, an intellectual descended from generations of farmers. She
When Dutch historian Rutger Bregman was writing his new book, he probably didn’t think it would come out in the midst of a global pandemic, as well as a storm
Approximate maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births) for Russia, Uruguay, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia in 2017: 17 1 Maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births) for Egypt and
The creamy, buttery, crunchy, sweet hazelnut inspires our earthborn senses. Charred shells found in ancient middens from Scotland to the Pacific Northwest, dated at 9,000 years old, share a story
As creators and artists, people of color have found systemic racism working against them in the social media world, just as in the offline world. Here are three people who
The novel coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll on communities around the world, especially in the United States, which has experienced more than 4 million cases and 140,000 deaths in
The designation allowed Milwaukee to identify and track COVID-19 cases by race ahead of other jurisdictions in the U.S. – even the federal government.
How to fix the racial wealth gap, end plutocracy, and build Black power.
Slavery is the usual argument for reparations. But there’s another reason.
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