racism
‘We Charge Genocide’ petition’s call for justice still echoes seven decades later
August 26, 2020The We Charge Genocide petition indicted the anti-Black crimes and violence of U.S. capitalism. The Claudia Jones School for Political Education and the Paul Robeson House are keeping its memory alive.
Read moreSurviving at the crossroads of economic and racial intersectionality: Monique
August 25, 2020Struggling to live—on the job, in the neighborhood, and at city hall: The life of a worker in the Fight for $15 and a Union.
Read moreFirst Black woman presidential candidate: The Communist Party’s Charlene Mitchell
August 19, 2020Mitchell made history when she was nominated as the CPUSA candidate for president in July 1968.
Read moreFacial recognition technology riddled with racial bias; cities are fighting back
August 17, 2020Even before COVID-19 and the international protests against George Floyd’s murder, facial recognition technology was already in hot water over concerns related to race.
Read moreDaily life in the fight for $15 and a union: Bettie Douglas
August 13, 2020Her McDonald's store had been visited by an organizer from Show Me $15 a few times, but everytime an organizer asked her to join, she would always reply: “Not right now; I need this job.”
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