The Republican project isn’t to win in November. It’s to make November cease to matter New electoral maps are erasing Black representations. The effort takes its cues from American history The Guardian - US · May 19
Supreme Court ruling: The latest in history of diminishing minority voting rights Divided along ideological lines, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, issued a ruling that severely weakens a provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. That provision, known as Section 2, prohibited any discriminatory voting practice or election rule that results in less opportunity for minority groups… The Conversation · Apr 30
White genocide, white guilt and Trump Trump's racist assault on South Africa's president was shockingly clumsy — because the truth doesn't even matter Salon · May 25, 2025
Black churches back embattled Smithsonian African American history museum after Trump's order Some Black churches are pledging to support the National Museum of African American History and Culture following an executive order by President Donald Trump alleging exhibits there and at other Smithsonian Institution sites have expressed a “divisive, race-centered ideology.” The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025
‘There’s quite a similarity’: US civil rights pioneers warn of ‘surge backwards’ under Trump They faced violence and racism as they fought on the frontlines for justice and equality. Now Trump is reversing the progress they toiled for The Guardian - US · Mar 2, 2025
The Libertarian Pioneer Who Wrote for America's Biggest Black Newspaper To Rose Wilder Lane, African Americans' achievements were all the more amazing given their disadvantaged starting point. Reason · Sep 21, 2024
Small-town America's never-ending struggle to maintain its values hasn't always been good for US democracy For better and worse, the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, has come to represent the overlooked cultural divisions between urban and small-town America. The Conversation · Nov 22, 2023
Why this is happening in Atlanta A Black D.A. and a race-baiting white president are colliding in Atlanta — and it feels like the city's destiny Salon · Sep 4, 2023
Oppression in the South Was Not an Expression of Freedom Freedom's Dominion argues Southern history was animated by "racialized radical anti-statism." The case is lacking. Reason · May 27, 2023
From sit-ins in the 1960s to uprisings in the new millennium, Harry Belafonte served as a champion of youth activism Of all the contributions for which Harry Belafonte will be remembered, perhaps none is more enduring than the celebrated entertainer’s lifelong support for youth activism. The Conversation · May 18, 2023
Ditching a friend who is not like you can deepen social inequality Since the 2016 presidential election, news accounts and scientific research have illustrated how defriending, a term originally associated with dropping Facebook friends, echoes in our broader, offline social lives. And what may seem like a simple decision to cut off a difficult relationship may actually deepen divisions in society. The Conversation · Apr 10, 2023
Landmarks fall, memories fade. Civil rights tourism may protect Mississippi history There's a new push to develop civil rights tourism in the Mississippi Delta where local groups are using federal dollars to preserve the stories before memories fade and landmarks are lost. WEKU · Mar 14, 2023
Today’s attacks on ‘critical race theory’ aim to perpetuate myth of white supremacy This movement to suppress history is rooted in the “lost cause,” a false version of history promoted by white Southerners to erase the horrors of slavery and justify legal segregation. Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 28, 2023
Threats of racial terror follow us today My grandfather was brutalized for suing a white cop in Jim Crow Alabama. Here's what reporting the story taught me Salon · Jan 2, 2023
Salon · Nov 7, 2022 Brennan expert on America's big decision "Our democracy will prove... that it's resilient," says Sean Morales-Doyle. But that won't be easy or painless
The Texas Tribune · Aug 16, 2022 More Black Americans live in Texas than any other state. Two years after George Floyd’s murder, many reconsider their future here. In interviews, Black Texans expressed frustration over uneven progress, restrictions on teaching about racism in public schools and limitations on their political representation and voting access.
Chicago Tribune · Jun 16, 2022 Commentary: ‘Reparations’ is another word for investing in America’s future The new Juneteenth federal holiday celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in our nation. That did not, however, emancipate Black people from the economic impact of their enslavement. Emancipation was followed by a failed Reconstruction, a century of Jim Crow, separate-but-(not)-equal, institutional racism and discrimination — the consequences of which…
The Conversation · Apr 15, 2022 Legacy of Jim Crow still affects funding for public schools Nearly 70 years ago – in its 1954 Brown v. Board decision – the Supreme Court framed racial segregation as the cause of educational inequality. It did not, however, challenge the lengths to which states went to ensure the unequal funding of Black schools.