After four years of watching the Trump administration flub its Black History Month celebrations in one way or another, I’m looking forward to seeing who the new administration decides to honor, and how they’ll celebrate. Black History Month had been overshadowed by the spectacle of former President Donald
The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump for a historic second time on Jan. 13, and in the process confirmed that even after he incited a white supremacist insurrection at the Capitol building, an overwhelming majority of Republicans see still no problem with Trump’s conduct. While
On Wednesday, Dec.16, the city of Palo Alto, California, reluctantly resolved a legal dispute regarding the use of Foothills Park, which since 1965 was only open to Palo Alto residents. That Thursday was the first day in over half a century that non-residents could enjoy the park’s green
As surely as night follows day, any flex of political power by Black and brown people in the United States will be followed by a reactionary white supremacist show of force. The pattern of racist white backlash to the barest hint of racial progress has persisted since the earliest days
We are in a moment where the legitimacy of the institution of policing is being questioned and side-eyed. Liberation movements have cried loud and spared not the daily killings of Black people at the hands of the police. They’ve woken up the consciousness of everyday people about the history
“I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.” Fannie Lou Hamer’s infamous words have stuck with Black women through the fight for equality, racial justice, the gun violence crisis, and so many other fights for social justice. I’m part of a generation of young women who
Statehood for American territories—colonies of a so-called “democratic nation”—is a civil rights issue. And while the U.S. has 50 states, this number is not written in stone. All people are entitled to self-determination and equal rights under the Constitution, including those people of color who live in
This month, we watched the nation rejoice at the end of the Trump presidency and its four-year war on the health and rights of marginalized people. But even before the election was officially called, exit polls began to paint a clear image: Young people of color played a powerful role
TV pundits and political operatives are clamoring to tell the story of what happened in the 2020 election. What is the first draft of their retelling of history? Massive voter turnout, the suburban shift away from President Donald Trump, and the enduring power of white voters are all emerging storylines.
One of the first times I remember encountering police was when I was in second grade, circa 1990. My teacher had made an announcement that we’d have a special guest and things would run differently from our usual schedule. The angst in the air to meet a “special guest”
For BIPOC communities, the overwhelming feeling for many in this year’s general election has been that the only option we have is to settle for something better than Trump. However, there have been many small glimpses of hope to be found amongst all of this chaos. Though they’ve
If you read any new coverage of Florida during an election year, going back decades, you’re likely to hear some version of the same fact: Cubans in Miami lean conservative. It’s part of the basic ethnic logic that gets regurgitated by the media: The idea is that in
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