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Texas voting machine errors and draconian voter registration laws combine to spur voter disenfranchisement in the state

Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel announces he won’t run for reelection as Laquan McDonald shooting trial begins

“Race is a factor in everything”: Mass. progressive challenger Ayanna Pressley defends against charges of “ID politics”

The “positive outcome” of the Starbucks arrest won’t save us because it didn’t save Chikesia Clemons

Police point gun at Black teens, arrest them after white couple lies about them having weapons

Growing up in an anti-Black family: A message for Black people who consider kids with white partners

Asian Americans increasingly on the white side of the class divide, rate the economy accordingly

Stop misusing “people of color” to erase issues specific to Black people

National Geographic and the New York Times own up to racist, sexist legacies

Let’s talk about phenotype and global Blackness

Pew poll: Despite the political climate, most Americans still believe they can attain the American Dream

Black man: “give me a lawyer, dog.” Racist court system says he wasn’t asking for a lawyer

Study: Millennials think Black people experience the most discrimination, but have political power near whites

We need to stop telling Black children to “sit down and shut up”

Jemele Hill suspended by ESPN for telling the truth

What Azealia Banks, Cardi B, and Black Cornell students decrying African immigrants reveal about Black scarcity

Learning to love myself enough to f*ck raw while Black and HIV positive

Why “privilege” is counter-productive social justice jargon

The myth of “unintentional” or “implicit” racism

Why reproductive justice is essential to understanding gene editing

North Carolina’s racial gerrymandering actions struck down

Leslie Mac’s Facebook Ban Is The Latest Development In Racially Biased Censorship

How Much Can a Black President Really Do for Black People?

Young People Disagree On The Issue Of Racism

New Report Shows Racial Segregation in Nationwide School Systems

‘Dear White People’ Comes to Netflix

This Video Explains What It Means to Be Afro-Latinx

Watch Dorothy Roberts Explain Why Race-Based Medicine Doesn’t Work

Beyoncé Showed Her Activist Roots All Super Bowl Weekend

Family Accuses Long Island School for Cover Up in Brutal Attack

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