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Racial Justice

Seattle Judge Rules Justice Department Can鈥檛 Limit Legal Assistance to Immigrants

In siding with the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, the ruling also prevents the department from issuing cease-and-desist letters to similar organizations around the country.

Melissa Hellmann | May 18, 2017

Criminal justice reform

How Chicago Became the First City to Make Reparations to Victims of Police Violence

The ordinance provides a meaningful model for creating reparations at the local level.

Sarah Macaraeg, Yana Kunichoff | Mar 21, 2017

I Am Your Negro Sometimes

Poet Terrance Hayes on the James Baldwin documentary: 鈥淚t seemed, for a moment, we had come around a big bend on the racial mountain. It seemed, for a moment, we were beyond Negro.鈥�

Terrance Hayes | Mar 16, 2017

Citizens United | Immigration | Activism

5 Ways to Help Immigrants

People are turning their frustrations with the Trump administration into actions that make a meaningful difference in the lives of vulnerable community members.

| Mar 15, 2017

Defunding Police鈥擧ow Antiracist Organizers Got Seattle to Listen

By halting a proposed $150 million police precinct, Seattle activists have made headway in redirecting funding toward services like affordable housing and education.

Melissa Hellmann | Mar 9, 2017

Immigration | Voter suppression

San Francisco Gives Immigrant Parents a Voice Through Noncitizen Voting

The parent-led effort shows how cities can empower and protect noncitizens at a time of uncertainty for many immigrant families.

Melissa Hellmann | Feb 27, 2017

Criminal justice reform | Activism | Local power

Black Communities, not Trump Executive Orders, Will End 鈥淐arnage鈥�

In Chicago and Detroit, citizens already are protecting their neighborhoods from violence. If the president wants to send in help, they say, he can start with education, housing, and justice.

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Feb 13, 2017

Immigration | Activism | Local power

Detroit鈥檚 Massive Muslim Community Looks for Allies in the Trump Era

Fifty-five percent of Americans know very little or nothing at all about Islam, but this group wants to change that.

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Feb 1, 2017

Activism | Gender justice

To Women Marchers: Just Because You Don鈥檛 Feel Welcome Doesn鈥檛 Mean You Don鈥檛 Belong

Issues that impact the womanhood of any one of us鈥攄irectly or indirectly鈥攊mpact all of us.

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Jan 19, 2017

Activism

Has History 鈥淪anitized鈥� King鈥檚 Words? Inside the Push to #ReclaimMLK Day

Organizers hope to connect today鈥檚 civil rights movements to those of the past with a week of demonstrations across the country leading up to Inauguration Day.

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Jan 16, 2017

What It Looks Like When Communities Make Racial Justice a Priority

From conversations that heal to land trusts that fight gentrification.

Araz Hachadourian, Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Jan 16, 2017

Activism | Mental health | Empathy

How to Attempt Racial Healing鈥擡ven During a Trump Presidency

America鈥檚 past truth and reconciliation processes show us what works.

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Nov 21, 2016

White People, It鈥檚 the Bigots Where You Live That Need You the Most

To address the bigotry that helped elect Trump, White people might consider the work ahead in their own families and communities.

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Nov 13, 2016

Mental health | Criminal justice reform | Activism

The Call to 鈥淓nd the War on Black Lives鈥� Starts With Accountability

Next year, the DOJ will collect nationwide data on police shootings and other violent encounters with the public. Is that enough progress?

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Nov 3, 2016

Ferguson Rises: A Documentary on Love, Hope and Beauty

Mobolaji Olambiwonnu hopes his new film on the killing of Michael Brown will bring healing, dignity, and investment to Black communities affected by police violence.

Jaime Alfaro | Nov 1, 2016

Out for Justice organizers in Baltimore.

Maryland Parolees Finally Won the Right to Vote鈥擭ow Will They?

Under a new law this year, 40,000 Maryland residents previously convicted of felonies can now vote. Advocates are helping them realize how powerful they can be.

Lynsi Burton | Oct 28, 2016

Wealth and inequality | Women

What to Do When Domestic Abuse Is Financial, Too

Millions of people suffer domestic violence, which can often involve economic abuse. But there are ways to break out of those relationships.

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Oct 21, 2016

When They Shot Terence Crutcher, This Time I Watched

Now I see that nothing can guarantee my son鈥檚 safety if he encounters police. That鈥檚 a hard thing for a mother. But it should be a hard thing for everyone.

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Sep 22, 2016

Education

In Detroit, Freedom Schools Offer an Alternative to City鈥檚 Struggling Education System

As Detroit鈥檚 public schools fight to stay afloat, Black families turn to a civil rights-era approach to education.

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Sep 6, 2016

Free College Tops Black Lives Reparations List

Better education and loan forgiveness are key strategies to address disparities for Black communities and their next generations.

Olivia Anderson | Sep 2, 2016

Wealth and inequality

How Americans Build Wealth in 10 Charts 鈥擜nd What Race Has to Do With It

(Hint: It鈥檚 less about income and more about skin color.)

Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz | Sep 1, 2016

Special Report: Banking on Justice

In the poorest region of the nation's poorest state, a tiny government program keeps money flowing through mom-and-pop financial institutions鈥攃hanging lives.

James Trimarco | Aug 29, 2016