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The Young Lords’ Revolution

A new book looks at the history of the Afro-Latinx radical activist group and how their influence continues to be felt.

by Ed Morales via The Nation on March 24, 2020

Everything You Know About Mass Incarceration Is Wrong

The US carceral state is a monstrosity with few parallels in history. But most accounts fail to understand how it was created, and how we can dismantle it.

by Adaner Usmani, Jacobin via Jacobin on March 17, 2020

American Torture

For 400 years, Americans have argued that their violence is justified while the violence of others constitutes barbarism.

by W. Fitzhugh Brundage via Aeon on February 20, 2020

Mothers 4 Housing and the Legacy of Black Anti-Growth Politics

Starting in the 1970s, groups like MOVE and Seeds of Wisdom have fought for the decolonization of urban space.

by J. T. Roane via Black Perspectives on January 15, 2020

Dr. Dre: The Chronic

Revisiting the timeless 1992 debut from Dr. Dre, a historic moment in hip-hop that redefined West Coast rap.

by Sheldon Pearce via Pitchfork on December 15, 2019

The Thick Blue Line

How the United States became the world’s police force.

by Patrick Blanchfield via Bookforum on December 2, 2019

On One of the Great Unsung Heroes of the American Labor Movement

Emma Tenayuca and the San Antonio Pecan Shellers Strike of 1938.

by Stephen Harrigan via Literary Hub on October 2, 2019

How Isaac Hayes Changed Soul Music

The political rumblings beneath his 1969 album, "Hot Buttered Soul."

by Emily J. Lordi via The New Yorker on October 1, 2019

Muskets! Axes! Revolt! Here Are the Plans for a Reenactment of an Actual 1811 Rebellion

This fall 500 Louisianans, in 19th-century attire, will re-create America’s largest plantation uprising.

by Julian Lucas via Vanity Fair on September 9, 2019

Before the Central Park Five, There Was the Trenton Six

In both cases, false confessions were used against a group of black men with only precarious links to one another.

by Denise Lynn via Black Perspectives on July 3, 2019

A group of people celebrating Pride outside of Stonewall.

Stonewall: The Making of a Monument

Ever since the 1969 Stonewall Riots, L.G.B.T.Q. communities have gathered there to express their joy, their anger, their pain and their power.

by Cheryl Furjanic via New York Times Op-Docs on June 4, 2019

How Cars Transformed Policing

Most communities barely had a police force and citizens shared responsibility for enforcing laws. Then the car changed everything.

by Sarah A. Seo via Boston Review on June 3, 2019

How Violent American Vigilantes at the Border Led to Trump’s Wall

From the 80s onwards, the borderlands were rife with paramilitary cruelty and racism. But the president’s rhetoric has thrown fuel on the fire.

by Greg Grandin via The Guardian on February 28, 2019

Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface with flag during Apollo 11.

50 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1969

Looking back at the year of the moon landing, Woodstock, and more.

by Alan Taylor via The Atlantic on February 13, 2019

Two people photographed in Zion National Park.

When the Park Ranger Was Not Your Friend

Early 20th century National Park Service Rangers were a notoriously rough-and-tumble lot.

by Joseph Hayes, Alice B. Kelly Pennaz, Mark Hufstetler, George Jaramillo via JSTOR Daily on January 18, 2019

1968: Soul Music and the Year of Black Power

The summer's hit songs offered a glimpse into the changing views of Black America.

by Mark Anthony Neal via Black Perspectives on December 31, 2018

A Century of American Protest

A side-by-side look at some of the political protests that have shaped American politics over the past hundred years.

by Eric Maierson via The New Yorker on November 5, 2018

Frank Rizzo

Frank Rizzo and the Making of Modern American Politics

How Rizzo's blue-collar populism helped him survive his tumultuous first term as mayor.

by Timothy Lombardo via Tropics of Meta on October 16, 2018

How Small-Town Newspapers Ignored Local Lynchings

Sherilynn A. Ifill on justice (and its absence) in the 1930s.

by Sherilynn A. Ifill via Literary Hub on September 26, 2018

The Secret History of Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas

In her groundbreaking new book, Monica Muñoz Martinez uncovers the legacy of a brutal past.

by Carlos Kevin Blanton via Texas Monthly on September 21, 2018

Stop Calling it ‘The Great Migration’

For people of color watching over their shoulder, the fear of police interference harkens back to a historical moment with a much-too-benign label.

by Brentin Mock via CityLab on July 4, 2018

Protesting Law Enforcement Is as Old as America Itself

Had British authorities and their soldiers exercised de-escalation tactics, would the United States exist today?

by Robin Washington via The Marshall Project on July 3, 2018

During the 1973 UpStairs Lounge Arson, Gays Had to Take Rescue Efforts Into Their Own Hands

The New Orleans Fire Department was accused of not responding immediately and refusing to touch the bodies of victims.

by Jim Downs via Slate on June 22, 2018

Inside the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, in Montgomery, AL.

The Pain We Still Need to Feel

The new lynching memorial confronts the racial terrorism that corrupted America—and still does.

by Jamelle Bouie via Slate on May 1, 2018

Real Museums of Memphis

How the National Civil Rights Museum has obscured the ongoing dispossession of African-Americans taking place in its shadow.

by Zandria Felice Robinson via Scalawag on April 12, 2018

Martin Luther King, Jr. was More Radical Than You Think

On the 50th anniversary of his death, it’s time to remember who he really was.

by Ben Passmore via The Nib on April 4, 2018

Still a Long Time Coming

Selma and the unfulfilled promise of civil rights.

by Elias Rodriques via The Nation on March 21, 2018

Josef K. in Washington

A review of "Closing the Courthouse Door: How Your Constitutional Rights Became Unenforceable" by Erwin Chemerinsky.

by David Luban via New York Review of Books on March 2, 2018

Black and Red

The history of Black Socialism in America.

by Tanna Tucker, Nestor Castillo via The Nib on February 14, 2018

Sheeeeeeeee-it: The Secret History of the Politics in ‘The Wire’

An exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming oral history of HBO’s beloved drama.

by Jonathan Abrams via The Ringer on February 6, 2018

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