February: Black History MonthThe story of Black History Month begins in Chicago during the summer of 1915. An alumnus of the University of Chicago with many friends in the city, Carter G. Woodson traveled from Washington, D.C. to...READ MORE
Jan 30: Gavin Newsom declares Fred Korematsu Day 2026Fred Korematsu did not set out to become a civil rights hero, but at the age of 23, he made the bold choice to challenge the policy of Japanese internment—and forever altered the course of...READ MORE
How to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota—and beyondWe’re making this story accessible to all readers as a public service. In recent weeks, Minnesota has borne the brunt of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration strategy, with federal officials detaining thousands of people, from...READ MORE
March 28: Nationwide ‘No Kings Protest’In 2025, millions of Americans came together in nonviolent protest to oppose the growing authoritarian actions of the Trump administration and affirm that this nation belongs to its people, not to kings. Since then, people...READ MORE
The Committee for the First AmendmentFree speech is not partisan—it is the cornerstone of democracy, the lifeblood of art, and a global beacon for freedom. History has taught us: silence is complicity, and solidarity is our only defense. The Committee...READ MORE
Governor Newsom announces free entry to California State Parks on MLK DayDonald Trump scrapped free entry to National Parks on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, replaced it with his own birthday, and is erasing civil rights history. California won’t follow that path. As California soon celebrates...READ MORE
This Black History Month, the leaders of the past can teach real resistanceNearly 60 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr posed a question that still haunts us. In his final book, published just a year before his death, ‘Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?’,...READ MORE
The life of civil rights hero Claudette Colvin should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stopsClaudette Colvin, who died in a hospice in Texas, did her job while she was here on the planet, although it was several decades before her physical and material sacrifice was acknowledged. On March 2,...READ MORE
The U.S. left Vietnam 50 years ago today; the media hasn’t learned its lessonThe last helicopter liftoff from the roof of the American embassy in Saigon on April 30, 1975, marked the end of the Vietnam war. Fifty years later, mythology about U.S. media coverage of the war...READ MORE
This Black History Month, the leaders of the past can teach real resistanceNearly 60 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr posed a question that still haunts us. In his final book, published just a year before his death, ‘Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?’,...READ MORE
