By Shana Redmond To live in this world as Black people is to be confronted by the possibility of harm at every turn, to live...
By Debra Guckenheimer Gender and racial inequality are intertwined in ways the Trayvon Martin case highlighted. Historically, the safety of White women has been used...
Duchess Harris is Professor and Director of American Studies at Macalester College, where she is also an affiliate in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and...
By Chris Crass To the mother who shared the story of her heart breaking when her six-year old autistic son told her, “don’t worry mom,...
The killing of Trayvon Martin, the trial of George Zimmerman, and the aftermath illustrate how much race matters. Yet the response from many, particularly white...
By Kelly Macías Like many other Americans, over the last three weeks I was firmly gripped by the George Zimmerman trial. I watched with anxiety...
Last weekend, at Black Skeptics Los Angeles’ scholarship ceremony, my colleagues and I had the profound honor of giving scholarships to five brilliant youth of color who...
By Brothers Writing to Live We begin this collective statement by proclaiming a truth that has been rehearsed on countless occasions by many before us: The...
In the hours and days following the Zimmerman verdict, a kind of racial segregation has re-surfaced, not in formal, legal terms but with regard to...
During the trial of George Zimmerman for the murder of Trayvon Martin, considerable media coverage surrounded the selection of six women for jury duty. Perhaps, some speculated,...
By Zillah Eisenstein I am white and female, like the almost-white jury that acquitted Zimmerman of murdering Trayvon Martin. But I am also an anti-racist...
Here is a list of the articles that appeared in our forum, “Celebrating Assata Shakur and the Black Radical Tradition,” offered with gratitude to each...
for LC and TD All that you meet are thieves: to Athens go, Break open shops; nothing can you steal, But thieves do lose it...
By Safiya Olugbala We would meet in the dreamworld where it was safe for me to ask you anything and no one would hear the...
By Liz Derias The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM), a revolutionary organization based in the u.s. that fights to uphold the self-determination and the human...
By Tamara Curl-Green Dear Assata, I would like to let you know that your story sparked a change in my life. It was frightening and...
Quincy Scott Jones We are braces and birthdays weekend barbeques commuter traffic and job interviews beauty salon barber shops the doorbell on a...
By Randall C. Bailey As I have reviewed the life of Assata Shakur, I am reminded of the history of Black struggles in the US...