In November 2019, with Indigenous supporters by his side, President Donald Trump signed an executive order touted as a solution to the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and people. One of the objectives assigned to the task force was to “develop model protocols and procedures to apply
Fatema Ahmad threw the most exclusive New Year’s party in Boston, and only the most compassionate of organizers and their socially conscious friends were invited. The setting was a turn-of-the-century chalet, the residence of a local civil rights lawyer. Throughout the house, fellow organizers Janhavi Madabushi
In Brooklyn, an Asian man is fighting for his life after being stabbed more than a dozen times in a suspected coronavirus-related hate crime. The attack isn’t the first of its kind, and with infection fears heightening around the globe, the number of racist incidents targeting the Asian
In 1968, a government study called the Kerner Report warned that the media was failing to report on the underlying problems of race relations in the United States. Five decades later, we find ourselves in the midst of another media crisis with grave consequences for our fragile democracy: Major media
Years ago, the idea of slavery reparations was debated only in small circles, generally being brushed off as a long-shot proposal. Now, the idea that had once been viewed as an impractical absurdity is gaining traction on the national stage and slowly being implemented in cities and institutions around
The 2020 election is less than nine months away. With so much at stake, and with Black and brown communities holding so much voting power, efforts to place roadblocks in front of the ballot box seem to be never-ending. One of the major roadblocks came in 2013 when the
Latinx people confront voting rights challenges nationwide, including language barriers, voter roll purges, and underhanded right-wing tactics designed to make voting the process inconvenient. The New Florida Majority, an organization primarily led by women of color, has been aggressively organizing and campaigning for progressive policies for years. The organization
When people think of voter suppression, Asian Americans aren’t typically the first ethnic group that comes to mind. But similar to other groups of color, they encounter suppressive tactics at polling stations all around the country. In 2018, Asian Americans were considered the fastest growing major ethnic group in
Though the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act granted American citizenship to Native people and provided voting rights (under the law, if not in practice), the community continues to struggle to gain fair access to the polls. Native communities have historically voted at low rates, which has been attributed to a mistrust
This year, Black voters are expected to account for a quarter of every primary ballot cast. Since 1992, no democratic presidential candidate has won the party’s nomination without a majority of the Black vote. Black women in particular have been called the “backbone” of the Democratic Party. But even
Her voice catching in a moment of petty glee, Mikki Kendall remembers how several prominent white women writers told her that her frequent tweeting about the failures of mainstream feminism would doom her writing career. It was 2013, and the Chicago native had established herself as an elite member of
Prisons have always placed incarcerated folks’ rights at the bottom of their priorities. Recently, prison officials have come under fire for banning books centering Black issues from entering the hands of those behind bars. In January, Bryan Stevenson’s “Just Mercy“—his 2015 book about an Alabama lawyer’s crusade
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