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Race

With Recent Events Reminiscent of Nation's "Darkest Chapters," #LivingWhileBlack Victims Demand Congressional Hearings

Though White Americans Benefit Most From Social Safety Net, Study Shows How Racial Resentment Can Fuel Welfare Opposition

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Whites' perceptions that minorities' standing is rising can produce periods of 'welfare backlash' in which adoption of policies restricting or curtailing welfare programs is more likely," warns researcher

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'One Down. One to Go': Michael Moore Hints at Project Aimed at Roseanne and Trump's Shared Racism

Julia Conley, staff writer

"I know Roseanne. And I know Trump. And they are about to rue the day they knew...

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40+ Rights Groups Demand Homeland Security Release Unredacted 'Race Paper' Used to Justify Spying on Justice Activists

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Rather than focusing on the real threat of white nationalists and Neo-Nazis,...

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Black Defendants Face Harsher Sentences From GOP-Appointed Judges, Study Finds

'Time for a Moral Confrontation': Poor People's Campaign Launches With Local Rallies Nationwide

Kyle Duncan speaking on Nov. 29, 2017 to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination by President Donald Trump to be judge of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. (Photo: CSPAN)

Confirmation of Latest Right-Wing Judge for Lifetime Post 'Should Send Shockwaves Across the Nation'

Results of an independent autopsy on Friday debunk the police assertion that Stephon Clark was facing and advancing towards the officers. (Photo: Stephen Melkisethian/flickr/cc)

Protests Continue Over Killing of Stephon Clark as Autopsy Reveals Officers Shot Him in the Back

Demonstrators march during the Peoples Climate March on Sept. 21, 2014. (Photo: Annette Bernhardt/flickr/cc)

New Study on Air Pollution Shows How Environmental Injustice Runs Rampant Across the Nation

With Cleveland Indians to Drop Racist Logo, Eyes on Washington 'Redskins'

2016 ballot

'Deeply Disturbing': Trump's Defunct Election Commission Wanted Hispanic Voter Data Flagged in Texas

Ellison's Advice to Confront Racist Trump Agenda in 2018: 'Organize, Organize, Organize'

Joining Arms With Actresses at Golden Globes, Activists to Highlight Demand for End to Sexual Abuse

Trump protest

Citing Trump's 'Racially Hostile' Record, Critics Say He Shouldn't Attend Civil Rights Museum's Grand Opening

A woman wears a Donald Trump campaign hat that she has altered while speaking to a member of the Britain First security team during a protest titled 'London march against terrorism' organized by far-right groups English Defence League and Britain First. (Photo: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Former KKK Leader David Duke Says 'Thank God for Trump' After President Shares Anti-Muslim Tweets From UK

Students from Washington, D.C. public schools participate in a post-election protest. (Photo: Lorie Shaull/cc/flickr)

New Research Reveals Trump Riding on Wave of Increased Hate Crimes

Further

Kaepernick vs. Trump: Making America Great Again

Kaepernick vs. Trump

Newswire

NAACP

NAACP Outraged by Attorney General’s Ignorance of FBI Report

UltraViolet

Activists Drop “WOMEN RESIST WHITE SUPREMACY” Banner Inside Trump Tower Lobby

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

Civil Rights Attorneys: Racial Disparities Persist in NYPD Stop and Frisk

ACLU

ACLU Challenges Unconstitutional Debtors’ Prison Practices in South Carolina County

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

73 National Groups Demand OFCCP Remain Intact

Center for Popular Democracy

CPD-Action Launches $80 Million National Network to Resist Trump Administration’s Agenda, Build Political Power in Working Class Communities of Color

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Views

Juan Cole

The Royal Wedding and the End of Whiteness?

Colleen Kane Gielskie

Not Charging the White Officers Who Killed Alton Sterling Is a Travesty

Billy Corriher

Trump's Census Move Borrowed From Racial Gerrymandering Playbook

Martin Luther King, Jr

Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence

Christen A. Smith

The Fallout of Police Violence Is Killing Black Women Like Erica Garner

Sue Sturgis

Institute Index: The Mounting Injustice of the Proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Donna Smith

White House Bully Disrespects, Embarrasses America

Peter Dreier

This Labor Day, Remember That Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign Was for Workers’ Rights

Janine Jackson

Before Trump Pardoned Him, Arpaio Was Promoted by Media

Isaiah Poole

As Trump Hits a New Low, Here’s How We Go High

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