Justice

On the 100th anniversary of Yuri Kochiyama’s birth and the passage of the Emergency Quota Act, Railton explores inclusion and exclusion in US history.

Organizing and advocacy are key when confronting bigotry.

The roots of “protecting children” in U.S. political rhetoric lie in efforts to defend white supremacy.

How conservative politicians and pundits became fixated on an academic approach.

I can’t ignore what this country has done to Black people. How do I find my place in it?

Activists on the campaign were dedicated, but the city of Chicago and the FBI had conspired to murder the city’s best organizer that night in December 1969.

Support for and opposition to the ERA are not positions that are fundamentally tied to either conservatism or liberalism.

Detroit police killed hundreds of unarmed Blacks during the civil rights movement. Their ability to get away with it shows why most proposals for police reform are bound to fail.

In a new book, historian Nicole Eustace reveals Indigenous calls for meaningful restitution and reconciliation rather than retribution.

Stokely Carmichael and the speech that changed the course of the civil rights movement.

While the Panthers have become a staple of pop culture, veteran members of the group remain invisible.

The surge in violence against Asian-Americans is a reminder that America’s present reality reflects its exclusionary past.

If we don’t understand the history of Asian exclusion, we cannot understand the racist hatred of the present.

Orisanmi Burton reflects on the legacy of the Panther 21 on the 50th anniversary (to the day) of their acquittal.

The Supreme Court has refused to force White Americans to confront history.

The history of unarmed police brutality is rooted in anti-Blackness.

The police are an insulated political institution within cities empowered to enforce a racialized social order.

When Tuskegee student Sammy Younge, Jr., was murdered in 1966, his classmates focused their righteous anger on a local monument.

Opponents of birthright citizenship say there weren't any “illegal aliens” when the 14th Amendment was drafted. They're wrong.

The path to equality in the free Northern states was inconceivably steep. But in time, the movement maneuvered from the margins into mainstream politics.

Why unionism is so integral to achieving equality.

Universities helped buttress a racist caste system well into the 20th century.

Photographer Andrew Feiler documented how the educational institutions shaped a generation of black leaders.

The famous activist reflects on what radicals like him got right and got wrong, and what today’s socialists should learn from his experiences.

An excerpt from a new book that explores the intertwined history of travel segregation and African American struggles for freedom of movement.

On the legal foundations that spurred centuries of civil rights movements.

The young black men served a combined total of 130 years for a crime they never committed.

Airlines sometimes bumped Black passengers off of flights to make room for white travelers, even during refueling stops.

From grade school to college, students of color have suffered from the effects of biased testing.

During the heyday of the Chicano Movement, school walkouts were organized to disrupt what activists called “the ongoing mis-education of Chicano students.”