Fascism and the Racist Attack on Voting Rights
The gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the U.S. Supreme Court and the vicious attacks on immigrants of color appear to be separate actions—but they are not. They are both acts of voter...
Category: Systemic Structural Racism
Why socialist Cuba is more democratic than the U.S
The renewed escalation of hostility by the Trump administration towards Cuba—through tightened sanctions, political pressure, and open ideological aggression—once again exposes a fundamental contradiction. A country that presents itself as the “global model of democracy” continues...
Reimagine Buffalo’s East Side for the People Living There
Build communities for the low- to moderate-income people already living in those neighborhoods. A recent call to build hundreds of new “affordable” housing units on Buffalo’s more than 7,000 publicly owned vacant lots is...
“Colossus Failure”: Elon Musk’s Data Centers Face Lawsuit for Polluting Black Neighborhoods in Memphis
As tech companies scramble to build massive new data centers to power artificial intelligence, marginalized communities are bearing the brunt of the environmental harms. In Memphis, Tennessee, Elon Musk’s xAI operates over two dozen...
Black Studies in the Era of White Supremacy and Authoritarianism: A Conversation at Princeton
On Friday, February 27, 2026, the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University convened a one-day symposium titled “Black Studies Is For Everyone.” Held on Princeton’s campus, the gathering brought together leading scholars...
Trump’s border czar says immigration crackdown in Minnesota will ‘conclude’
Tom Homan says Trump has backed ‘significant drawdown’ in the state, where two US citizens have been killed The Trump administration has claimed it is drawing down its immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to the death of...
Building an Opposition to Survive the Trump Era
Mass protests have demonstrated a wide range of disagreement with the Trump agenda. But we need smaller local and regional networks to build a more rooted, sustained opposition. Americans roundly oppose Donald Trump’s authoritarian...
The Second Amendment Was Never Meant for Everyone
After the killing of Alex Pretti, white America is realizing what Black gun owners have always known: Rights are conditional.
Reflections on the Moynihan Reports: Sixty Years Later
By: Henry-Louis Taylor, Jr. In March 1965, Daniel Patrick Moynihan released his report, The Negro Family: The Case for National Action. The report argued that the breakdown of the Black family was the core...
The Tuesday Night Election: A Road Bump for the Authoritarian Movement
The Tuesday night election was a road bump for the U.S. Authoritarian Movement. In New York City, Virginia, New Jersey, California, Buffalo, and beyond, people carried the defiance of the street marches and rebellions...