How I Can Offer Reparations in Direct Proportion to My White Privilege
What it looks like to pay for the unearned advantages my whiteness has afforded me.
Racial Justice
Van Jones鈥� 鈥淢essy Truth鈥�: We鈥檙e All a Little Right, and We鈥檙e All a Little Wrong
Liberals and conservatives have too much in common鈥攁nd too much at stake鈥攖o keep hiding behind differences.
What鈥檚 Stopping Media From Calling Las Vegas Killer a 鈥淭errorist鈥�? His Whiteness
Like other mass shooters before him, Stephen Paddock has the benefit of White privilege even in the most vicious of circumstances.
Before the NFL Took a Knee: 4 Lesser-Known Moments of Resistance in Sports History
This isn鈥檛 the first time the world of professional sports has entered the fight for civil rights and racial justice.
Dear White People, Stop Making Racism All About You
Here are 10 ways to talk about white privilege on social media without annoying people of color.
Kaepernick Remains Unsigned, but NFL Anthem Protests and Black Solidarity Continue
During the national anthem of their opening game, the Cleveland Browns locked arms with law enforcement and emergency workers.
Stop Using Mental Illness to Explain White Supremacy
White supremacy is not an unfortunate stain on an otherwise clean democracy. It鈥檚 terribly, terrifyingly normal.
Confederate Statues Have Been Invisible to Most White People
We鈥檝e been living alongside the Confederacy too long, and white people are finally starting to notice.
Charlottesville Was Not a 鈥淧rotest Turned Violent.鈥� It Was a Planned Race Riot
Isn鈥檛 it time for the media to be honest and call white supremacists the domestic terrorists that they are?
Why Police Violence Against Women of Color Stays Hidden
Data show more Black men are killed at higher rates than women, but police-misconduct attorney Andrea Ritchie says that doesn鈥檛 tell the whole story.
100 Years Ago, Black People Marched Down 5th Avenue to Declare That Black Lives Matter
The 鈥淪ilent Protest Parade鈥� was the first mass demonstration of its kind and marked a pivotal moment in civil rights history.
White People: Don鈥檛 Unfriend Your Racist Family Members鈥擸et
8 things to do before jumping down your uncle鈥檚 throat.
10 Examples That Prove White Privilege Exists in Every Aspect Imaginable
Lessons people of color have taught me that changed my life鈥攁nd could change yours too.
The Women of Color Out to Reclaim Marijuana Culture
Most commercial pot shops are owned by rich white men. This all-female art collective wants to remind us of the drug鈥檚 community and healing roles.
Reality Check: More Police Officers Don鈥檛 Equal Safer Neighborhoods
Earlier this year, activists launched a campaign called Freedom Cities to protect and uplift all people of color. (And, no, it doesn't include more police.)
No, I Won鈥檛 Stop Saying 鈥淲hite Supremacy鈥�
White people like me should use the term because it shifts the race problem to us, where it belongs.
For Women Like Charleena Lyles, Trauma Has Trickled Down for Generations
How symptoms of mental illness manifest in Black women, and the steps you can take toward healing.
4 Myths About Slavery We Should Stop Believing Now
To understand the origins of wealth inequality and discrimination, we must look at the history of slavery.
White People, the Philando Castile Acquittal Should Make You Mad as Hell
You鈥檝e been lied to.
Stop Making Excuses for Hateful White Men
Why is mental illness the go-to line for white men who commit acts of terrorism against people of color?
Seattle Judge Rules Justice Department Can鈥檛 Limit Legal Assistance to Immigrants
In siding with the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, the ruling also prevents the department from issuing cease-and-desist letters to similar organizations around the country.
How Chicago Became the First City to Make Reparations to Victims of Police Violence
The ordinance provides a meaningful model for creating reparations at the local level.
I Am Your Negro Sometimes
Poet Terrance Hayes on the James Baldwin documentary: 鈥淚t seemed, for a moment, we had come around a big bend on the racial mountain. It seemed, for a moment, we were beyond Negro.鈥�
5 Ways to Help Immigrants
People are turning their frustrations with the Trump administration into actions that make a meaningful difference in the lives of vulnerable community members.
Defunding Police鈥擧ow Antiracist Organizers Got Seattle to Listen
By halting a proposed $150 million police precinct, Seattle activists have made headway in redirecting funding toward services like affordable housing and education.
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