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The struggle is real: The unrelenting weight of being a black, female athleteThe athletes, former athletes and coaches had gathered at Temple University to tell war stories. But the conversation wasn’t about diving catches or buzzer beat…

The population prevalence of solitary confinementOne in 9 black men in Pennsylvania has been held in solitary confinement by age 32 and 1 in 100 for a year or more.

Teachers across the country are protesting laws that stop them from talking about systemic racism"We, the undersigned educators, refuse to lie to young people about U.S. history and current events—regardless of the law."

March 2021 American Policing Report.pdf

zinnedproject.org-An Open Letter on the Need to Teach the Reconstruction Era.pdf

The Problem With Police-Shooting VideosSmartphone footage of police brutality highlights a dire need to tell more humane stories about Black victims.

Classroom Discussions on Race: Hear What 5 Black Students Say They Need Five Black high school students share stories about class conversations on race they thought went well, and those that didn't go well at all.

What If We Radically Reimagined the New School Year?No one is coming to our rescue but us. What if we all put time, energy and money into what matters most for children in the new school year?

George Floyd’s Death and the Long History of Racism in Minneapolis

Inside the New Push to Expose America’s White Supremacist CopsFourteen years ago, the FBI documented racist infiltration of law enforcement in America. Now members of Congress want the full story.

Perspective | Do #BlackLivesMatter in schools? Why the answer is ‘no.’The authors of this post argue that schooling is "imbued with pathologizing mindsets rooted in labeling, surveillance, and punishment, which criminalize black students."

How Decades of Racist Housing Policy Left Neighborhoods SwelteringRedlining helped reshape the urban landscape of U.S. cities. It also left communities of color far more vulnerable to rising heat.

A Victoria’s Secret ‘Karen’ video went viral. It hit home for Black women like me.I know all too well what a White woman’s feigned tears can do.

Race is the biggest indicator in the US of whether you live near a toxic waste siteEnvironmental racism is real.

In Celebration of the Retirement of Racist Washington Football Mascot Cultural Survival joins Indian Country in celebrating the long-overdue retirement of the racist team name and mascot as the Washington football team’s identity and branding. We are encouraged by progress being made on the national front and hope that other national sports teams such as the Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Chiefs, and Cleveland Indians take immediate steps in the same direction.

Private prisons are shrouded in secrecy. I took a job as a guard to get inside—then things got crazyThis is the biggest investigation we’ve ever published.

How Anti-Immigration Policies Are Leading Prisons to Lease Convicts as Field Laborers

doc-26-white-supremacist-infiltration.pdf

Ahmaud Arbery will not be erasedBut will his death finally force America to see the truth?

I'm a member of the Navajo Nation, and my people are dying from the coronavirus. We're facing the virus head-on with limited access to healthcare and supplies.Tyrone Whitehorse, of the Navajo Nation, writes that the coronavirus is wreaking havoc on his community.

"Say Their Names" Chicago Public Schools Toolkit.pdf

10 Things Educators Can do to end Prison-industrial Complex.pdf

Children aren’t born racist. Here’s how parents can stop them from becoming racistAs the United States erupts in protests and push back against systemic racism, parents are worried.

Why Seeing Yourself Represented on Screen Is So Important"Black Panther" has been hailed as a model success story for depicting diversity on screen. According to past research, the representation of minority groups in mass media has a powerful educational impact on audiences.

Turning Food Deserts Into Food Oases Across The Navajo Nation | Ashoka | Everyone a ChangemakerFor the 3

Why John Leguizamo Is So Invested in Telling the Country About Latino HistoryHis uproariously inventive one-man show, soon to be shown on Netflix, puts the story of a neglected culture center stage

A Slave Rebellion Rises AgainSome 500 enslaved people revolted in Louisiana but were largely ignored by history. Two centuries later, an ambitious re-enactment brings their uprising back to life.

“But What About Chicago?” is not a RebuttalWhite denial, deflection and “black-on-black crime”

Summer HeatHistory shows police violence against Black people is intractable. What should we do? Quite simply, we must end the police.

Meet 'Black Girl Magic,' The 19 African-American Women Elected As Judges In TexasHarris County, Texas, took a giant step toward representation this month when it sat 19 black women judges to the bench.

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