genocide
The devastating, irreparable death of Aruká Juma
March 3, 2021The death of the last survivor of the Juma people, the warrior Amoim Aruká, from complications linked to COVID-19, is an incalculable tragedy. There were 15,000 of them at the turn of the 20th century and...
Read moreA National Day of Mourning for U.S. Indigenous
November 27, 2019Every Thanksgiving Day, hundreds of Indigenous from across the country gather at Cole’s Hill, overlooking Plymouth Rock, where the Pilgrims landed in 1620 for the National Day of Mourning.
Read moreTrump needs to be brought to UN on charges of genocide
October 24, 2019The denial of genocide, of course, is nothing new; it has a long tradition at home in the U.S. and abroad.
Read moreTrudeau pledges action after Canadian government report details indigenous “genocide”
June 7, 2019The damning report exposes the systemic mistreatment of Canada’s indigenous women and girls.
Read moreMontgomery, Alabama: New lynching memorial evokes terror of victims
April 26, 2018The museum explores the eras of enslavement, lynching, Jim Crow to mass incarceration and modern criminal justice issues that are the focus of the Equal Justice Initiative's legal work. Several of the organization's clients are featured,...
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