Senate Pathways to Power: We Need Leaders Who Look Like America
Americans of color, particularly Black and Latino Americans, are badly underrepresented in Senate staffing roles. We need to fix that.
The ERA: A New Foundation for Equality in the United States
A constitutional ERA would strengthen our participatory and pluralistic democracy
For the First Time, Black Women Are Leading Democrats in Early Primary States
The women serve as the public face of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, Nevada and Michigan. Here's what they have planned for 2024.
After Another Year of Record-Breaking Heat, a Heightened Focus on Public Health
With heat deaths surging in Texas, Arizona and across the nation, researchers model a myriad of heat effects on the human body and focus on the disproportionate impacts suffered by…
Nonwhite People Are Drastically Underrepresented in Local Government
By Justine de Benedictis-Kessner / The Conversation Elected representatives in government don’t always look like the people they serve. The people who serve in local governments – cities, counties and…
Oakland Coaches Learn to Spot Signs of Depression and Anxiety Among Black and Latino Youth
Where mental health information and access to care is scarce, coaches may be a trusted resource for children and teens.
Pressley Bill Would Classify Discriminatory Book Bans as Civil Rights Violations
The bill would also require public and school libraries to have a diverse book collection.
Is Ibram X Kendi’s ‘Anti-Racism’ a Scam? (w/ Norm Finkelstein)
By Briahna Joy Gray / Bad Faith This week, Briahna spoke to writer and professor Norman Finkelstein about the latest scandal involving famed “anti-racism” advocate Ibram X Kendi. Financial mismanagement…
We Still Have a Dream
Sixty years after Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, our racial economic divide is vast as ever. But it can still be closed — and quickly.
Federal Court Strikes Down Mississippi’s ‘Jim Crow’ Felon Disenfranchisement Law
"Mississippi stands as an outlier among its sister states, bucking a clear national trend in our nation against permanent disenfranchisement."
The Fallout From the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision Has Already Begun
Diversity advocates are pushing to end legacy admissions while conservatives are taking steps that will make it harder for students of color to go to college, critics say.
Breaking: Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action for Colleges
In a blistering dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that "the court subverts the constitutional guarantee of equal protection by further entrenching racial inequality in education, the very foundation of our…
PEN America Joins Suit Against Florida School District Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Book Bans
"Children in a democracy must not be taught that books are dangerous," asserted PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel. "The freedom to read is guaranteed by the Constitution."
These Men Fought White Supremacists and Got Sentenced to Over 200 Years
How the criminal legal system slammed two Black men for standing up to white supremacist guards in an Indiana prison.
The Racism of the Supreme Court’s Supermajority Was on Full Display This Week
By Marjorie Cohn / Truthout During more than five hours of oral arguments in two cases that will probably spell the death of affirmative action in colleges and universities, the…