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Opinion

As Haitian migrants seeking asylum were under assault at the border, a number of well-known Haitian Americans were busy making headlines for completely different reasons.

Opinion

Even without legislation from Congress, there is a national blueprint for police reform. President Barack Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing set out six pillars to guide departments toward better practices.

Politics

Texas' new restrictive voting law is a perfect example of how, for several decades, the GOP has depended on racism to keep white people in power and nonwhites on the outside.

As another year of commemoration goes by and more ‘Never forget’ messages are posted, we shouldn’t forget that part of the legacy that continues to inflict unbalanced attacks on Black and other communities experiencing injustice. The trauma and horror felt 20 years ago cannot be used to justify turning a blind eye to the ongoing attacks that target people in the present.  

Hello, My name is Bilal Ghassan Shakoor Morris. Why I am telling you my entire name will become more important later. Like every adult in America, I, too, have a 9/11 story.

The only compelling argument for not getting the vaccination comes from those who don’t trust the rush to market. Otherwise, the explanations of surveillance and genocide stretch to an absurd imagination of contradictions.

This Front Page is by no means exhaustive. There is no way to list the names of every Black person killed by police—no way to list every injustice, every instance of inhumanity and hypocrisy. There is no way to lift up all the brilliant, beautiful, bold, Black work that is being done to make freedom dreams a reality. What we have curated here is a small window into what resistance, revolution, and reimaging has looked like across this nation and the globe.

Civil Rights & Social Justice

Black seniors face disgraceful and long-standing disparities that have hindered them from living fulfilling lives. Failing to meet their needs would be a travesty.

Health

Data shows communities of color that have experienced COVID-19-related trauma are not “vaccine hesitant” but rather “vaccine impeded.”

Independence Day, in the midst of attacks on democracy, highlights the hypocrisy of America.

Opinion

The new frontier is digital, which means newly blazed trails have fewer highway robbers (who are often cops) that can select victims based on race. The decentralized market makes it something governments can’t easily turn into pyramids of caste inequality.

Education

Research suggests that whenever a Black student’s status as valedictorian or salutatorian is questioned, it pays to ask questions. Is it being questioned for a legitimate reason? Or might racism or white fragility be at play?