June 20, 2017Black activists held events in 40 cities on June 19, a day that celebrates the end of slavery.
May 24, 2017Mitch Landrieu denounces "false narrative of our history" and explains why righting this wrong is vital for his city and the nation.
January 20, 2017Donald Trump rode to power on the wings of a dark lie — one of the most malignant and ugly lies in American history.
September 29, 2016Prisoners can be forced to work without pay — the Constitution says so.
July 14, 2016Those tasked with enforcing our laws are human beings with a human psyche, just like any other — and the system that isn't working for the communities they serve also isn't working for them.
July 8, 2016The transcript of Bill Moyers June
May 20, 2016And why the history of slavery in America isn't just for black people.
April 21, 2016South Africa used truth and reconciliation to address its racist history. Now these organizers think it's time for the United States to do the same.
December 8, 2015Slavery is our nation’s original sin; the treatment of people of color a blot on the history of a country “conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." Those who might have thought that the election of Barack Obama was somehow proof of a “post-racial America" are confronted with the near-daily reality of police killings, the denial of voting and other civil rights, and near crushing economic inequality. Here, ...
