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Comparing Black people to monkeys has a long, dark simian history

by Wulf D. Hund, University of Hamburg and Charles W Mills, Northwestern University This article is a foundation essay. These are longer than usual and...

12 ways the Trump administration dismantled civil rights law and the foundations of inclusive democracy in its first year

The second Trump administration has weakened federal civil rights law and is shredding the foundations of America’s racially inclusive democracy. imagedepotpro, iStock/Getty Images Plus by...

Martin Luther King Jr. was ahead of his time in pushing for universal basic income

Martin Luther King Jr. became involved not just in fights over racial equality but also economic hardship. Ted S. Warren/AP by Tarah Williams, Allegheny College...

Building ‘beloved community’: Remembering the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., left, appears at a Chicago news conference with Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh on May 31, 1966. AP...

‘The most dangerous Negro’: 3 essential reads on the FBI’s assessment of MLK’s radical views and allies

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. relaxes at home in May 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Howard Manly, The Conversation Left out of GOP...

Langston Hughes’ hidden influence on MLK‘

Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream – which alternated between shattered and hopeful – can be traced back to Hughes’ poetry. AP Photo by Jason Miller,...

Declaration of Independence’s promises ring out today as loudly as they did for Lincoln, FDR, and through 249 years of US history‘

The Declaration of Independence declares the nation’s credo, that ‘all men are created equal.’ Tetra Images/Getty Images by Graeme Mack, University of Richmond The Declaration of...

I am not your nice ‘Mammy’: How racist stereotypes still impact women

The historical depiction of ‘the mammy’ is a racist stereotype, with an enduring impact. Hattie McDaniel (right) won an Oscar for her role in...

How a small Brazilian town became an unlikely battleground over Confederate memory

A Confederate Festival attendee visits the American cemetery in Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Brazil, on April 24, 2016. Mario Tama/Getty Images by Jordan Brasher, Macalester College There...

Daniel Penny found not guilty in subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely

A New York City jury has found Marine veteran Daniel Penny not guilty in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely. On Monday (December 9),...

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