‘I saw the backlash coming’: civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw on America and race
She coined the term ‘intersectionality’ and helped to develop critical race theory, now her life’s work is under attack by Washington’s war on ‘woke.’ As her memoir is published, the legal scholar explains why she’ll never stop speaking truth to power.
This Black History Month, the leaders of the past can teach real resistance
Nearly 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?’, he argued that we were standing at a crossroads: one path leading toward chaos—deepening poverty, violence, and repression—while the other […]
How to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota—and beyond
We’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 preschoolers to, occasionally, U.S. citizens.
Governor Newsom announces free entry to California State Parks on MLK Day
Donald 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 the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, Governor Newsom today announced free entry at more than 200 of California’s state […]
Realize the Dream
In just 16 minutes, his words moved millions—and continue to shape our world today. Now, we’re turning that dream into action by rallying people to complete 100 million hours of service by the 100th anniversary of his birthday. Sixteen minutes is all it takes to begin. How will you make yours count?
The life of civil rights hero Claudette Colvin should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops
Claudette 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, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, aged just 15, Colvin took a stand and refused to give up her bus seat to […]
Status Coup (Independent Justice Journalism)
Unlike cable news and most big-budget outlets, we go ON-THE-GROUND to find out what is really happening in the world and GIVE THE MICROPHONE TO REAL PEOPLE. By doing this we not only showcase the reality that corporate media ignores, but we also uncover stories that would never have been found out without this specific […]
How effective is protesting?
Trump’s first and second terms have been marked by huge protests, from the 2017 Women’s March to the protests for racial justice after George Floyd’s murder, to this year’s No Kings demonstrations. But how effective is this type of collective action? According to historians and political scientists who study protests: very.
