Black Americans
‘Nickel Boys’ review: Film explores systemic racial trauma with cinematic beauty and grace
November 20, 2025Beautifully shot through a first-person perspective, this film places the audience into a coming-of-age story that is not for the faint of heart.
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Turner vs. Target: National boycott leader joins D.C. coalition on picket line
October 27, 2025Nina Turner, former Sanders campaign co-chair, boosts Target boycott effort, which many see as step toward rebuilding the historic African American and labor alliance.
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What one man’s 45-year-old case tells us about the ‘Jim Crow Juries’ haunting Louisiana
September 12, 2025Today, a split verdict would mean a mistrial. But in the 1980s Louisiana, 19-year-old Lloyd Gray, a Black man, was sentenced to prison for life, despite two Black jurors voting not guilty.
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Lynchings of yesterday and today the focus of Dallas meeting
August 21, 2025Activists in north Texas are getting an education about the history of lynchings in the United States, thanks to local historian Olinka Green, in conjunction with Dallas Nomad magazine.
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Trump is waging a ‘War on Blackness’
August 19, 2025Coalition of Black Trade Unionists says: “Trump's War on Blackness runs deep. It is relentless and ruthless. But we cannot flinch in this fragile moment.”
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