Civil Rights
Total 10 Posts
Technically, the last Leader has died.
6 min read
John Lewis was a unique American leader with a heart full of grace generated by a love for serving all people.
Black Lives Matter must avoid being co-opted by American corporate philanthropy.
5 min read
Corporate foundations are no stranger to co-opting social movements aimed at challenging the deep structures of American inequality.
Viral videos of racism: How an old civil rights strategy is being used in a new digital age.
5 min read
By filming everyday acts of racism, today’s Black Lives Matter activists are using an old strategy in a new media age.
Can the president really order the military to occupy US cities and states?
5 min read
President Trump has warned that he will send the military into states to curb protests. Is Trump’s warning bluster? Or does the president have the authority to send the military into American cities?
America’s most trusted dictionary will redefine racism. Does it matter?
3 min read
Merriam-Webster will now acknowledge that racism is systemic. Can it affect the reality — and practice — of racism?
Disrespect and lying on Martin and Malcolm in the name of protesting.
8 min read
This past week the best and worst of protesting in America was on display, Isaac Newton Farris Jr. writes.
The rhyme and rhythm of politics in the Trump era.
5 min read
If we don’t want the United States to follow the path of Germany in the 1930s, those of us who believe in the humanist values of basic rights, equality under the law, and progress for all must speak now, Greg Camp writes.