Racial Justice
Stories from the front lines of racial justice
Racial justice affects all of us. Our daily reporting covers aspects of health, community, economy, international relations, and social justice relative to racial justice.
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U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Supporting New U.S. bases in the Philippines Isn’t an Option
A recent agreement to expand the U.S. military's presence in the Philippines is concerning, given the United State's century-long record of human rights abuses there. Read more
Mar 20, 2023
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Levi Meir Clancy
Book Review: Forcing an End to Poverty
A new book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Matthew Desmond seeks to shatter the numbness surrounding wealth inequality in the United States. Read more
Mar 20, 2023
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Edge of Sports: The Price of Passion
I have been thinking a great deal about my own relationship with a sports world increasingly on tenuous moral ground. Read more
Mar 10, 2023
Freedom 'Liberry'
The movement to ban certain books is gaining traction in Florida and around the country. Florida, with its ridiculous “Stop W.O.K.E.” and “Don’t Say Gay” laws is ground zero for the book banning rampage. Read more
Feb 24, 2023
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Reviving the Southern Black Labor Movement
Southern Black workers have a long record of forming unions to press their demands for justice—we once again need to build power at work as we have in the past. Read more
Feb 23, 2023
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Displacing Black Farmers in Appalachia
How the Tennessee Valley Authority Act uprooted thousands of families. Read more
Feb 22, 2023
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Remembering Samella Lewis on Her One Hundredth Birthday
The late scholar and artist helped to establish the formalized field of African American art. Read more
Feb 21, 2023
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Legalize Black History
Florida’s past is replete with lessons for building an anti-racist future. We can’t allow them to be purged from our classrooms. Read more
Feb 21, 2023
