10 Years of #BlackLivesMatter: Progress and Backlash
An ACLU podcast about “Black Lives Matter’s evolving legacy, the fervent backlash against it, and…
White Supremacy: America’s Roots | TED Talk
Luther Young is a Sociology Ph.D. student studying the interconnectedness of various forms of oppression…
Housing Segregation and Redlining in America: A Short History | Code Switch
In 1968, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act that made it illegal to discriminate in…
Immigration Detention and Coerced Sterilization: History Tragically Repeats Itself | ACLU
The ICE detention story reflects a long pattern in the United States of the coerced…
The Immigration System is Racist; Solutions Exist
In 2015, Julio, a Black Dominican immigrant living in New York City, was stopped by…
The ‘Criminal’ Black Lesbian: Where Does This Damaging Stereotype Come From?
Since the Black Lives Matter movement gained national attention in 2013, organizers have pushed to…
To understand structural racism, look to our schools
It’s always time to talk about racial inequity in education. But the police killing of…
White Supremacist Ideas Have Historical Roots In U.S. Christianity
Some white Americans these days are struggling to understand how racism is rooted in their…
Summary of the APA Resolution Recommending Retirement of American Indian Mascots
In 2005, the APA called for the immediate retirement of all American Indian mascots, symbols,…
The dark history of the Chinese Exclusion Act
In 1882, the United States Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, the first federal law…