Civil Rights & Social Justice

This year’s Juneteenth is more than a celebration—it’s a call to come together in joy, unity, and purposeful action like never before.

Republicans think it’s a beautiful idea to invest in the wealthy and cut $880 billion from Medicaid and $330 billion from SNAP.

So, what do we do? We organize.  We show up at ICE protests so the system doesn’t get to isolate people in silence. 

Philadelphia justice reform group JustUs Ideas will kick off its inaugural JustUs Ideas Week on June 9 at the Community College of Philadelphia.

In my book 'Postconflict Utopias: Everyday Survival in Chocó, Colombia,' I write about how Black women’s organizations care for their territories and communities.

Let me be unequivocal: I believe in Palestinian freedom. I believe in Jewish safety. I believe the occupation must end.

America has made significant progress since the era of segregation, but the Trump administration may be putting that progress at risk.

The Louisiana Legislaturer struck down legislative maps that would have created eight new majority Black voting districts.

A historical marker in Dallas that tells the story of Allen Brooks, a Black man who was lynched by a white mob in 1910, was vandalized.

The event was organized after bodycam video showed a state trooper lying about his actions leading up to Tyrone Mason’s deadly crash. 

Richard Claytor and Ron Bell have developed a "know your rights" guide designed to support communities of color throughout Massachusetts, in response to the ongoing U.S. immigration crackdown.

Split jury Convictions, a relic of the Jim Crow era, would have been added to a list of claims for which an incarcerated person could seek retrial.