racism

After a century or more of defeats, Congress finally declares lynching a hate crime

March 3, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

At least 4,742 people, 99% of them African Americans, were lynched between 1892 and the mid-1950s.

LAPD’s secretive gang database and the intimidation of working-class communities

February 13, 2020 By David Trujillo

Targeting African-American and Latino youth in gang database logs is a modern form of long-established policies used by the police to target people of color.

Trump sinks to racist panic as China mobilizes against disease

February 7, 2020 By Joel Wendland-Liu

If we sink to racist xenophobia in the face of winnable battles against disease, we do not deserve to call ourselves the working class.

CPUSA calls for action and unity in fight against anti-Semitism

January 23, 2020 By Communist Party USA

Anti-Semitism’s resurgence in the 21st Century, embedded in racist, anti-immigrant and anti-working class ideology, demands a response from the entire working class and all who embrace our country’s democratic ideals.

Rewriting the United States’ past (and future): The 1619 Project and its critics

January 17, 2020 By C.J. Atkins

It's time to rethink everything you thought you knew about U.S. history.