Civil Rights & Social Justice
Under the new law, Illinois law enforcement agencies must review and share an officer’s full job history, including any misconduct, when they apply for a new role.
As an Indigenous scholar who studies history, I know that countries have used starvation to conquer Indigenous peoples and acquire their land.
Some people are misguided and quick to throw shade at our Black elders while standing on the very foundations they built.
Black August is a rallying cry to return to our roots, embracing the kind of disciplined activism our communities actually need.
After sunset, Black people had to be out of these hostile sundown towns. It was a matter of life and death in some instances.
While unrelated to the 2023 shooting death of Leonard Cure, the charges show a pattern of aggressive behavior on the part of Buck Aldridge.
The 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act demands a sustained commitment to building and sustaining Black political power beyond the ballot box.
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act, the future its authors dreamed seems further away than ever. But we must keep pushing forward.
The next time you wear your denim, remember that interwoven into the fabric are stories of struggle and resistance.
In this personal essay, Dominique Morgan details how something as simple as going to the restroom became a trial for Black trans women.
Xavier Davis is suing Jefferson Lines after a white bus driver made Black men sit in the back of the bus headed to Minnesota.
The Supreme Court has called citizenship a fundamental right. Chief Justice Earl Warren in 1958 described it as the “right to have rights.”
