Tyre Nichols’ Death Began With A Traffic Stop. Now, Organizers Want To Rethink Public Safety
With city council ready to discuss excessive force in policy, DeCarcerate Memphis is pushing for true solutions, not just reform
Category: racial justice
From Memphis to North Carolina, the Problem is White Supremacy
Disbanding special units won’t do it. We need to cut down the tree of white supremacy, starting with dismantling systemic racism in policing.
After Reading This You Won’t Feel Like Celebrating Columbus Day
It’s time to learn from our history and honor Indigenous People’s Day in every state.
Sacheen Littlefeather and America’s Pathetic Inability to Apologize
Almost 50 years after she was taunted on Oscar night, the Academy’s apology is a prime example of too little, too late.
This Juneteenth We Celebrate Black Joy To Rejuvenate Us For the Fight Ahead
I hope that millions will let their hair down on June 19th and then join hands with Black Americans in the fight for justice.
On The People’s Wish List: A District Attorney With a ‘Testimony’
As voters prepare to elect Shelby County’s prosecutor, folks with pending criminal cases yearn for a little empathy when facing justice.
Unequal Coverage of Our Economic Recovery Renders Black Workers Invisible
While many people of color are finally returning to the workforce, they are only just starting to recover, while we’re well into the white jobs recovery.
Former Community Change Taconic Distinguished Fellow Sophia Bracy Harris Embarks on a New Journey with her Soon-to-be Published Memoir
If you asked 10-year-old Sophia Bracy Harris what she wanted to be when she grew up, I might have told you that I wasn’t sure that I’d even get the…
Let’s Keep Each Other Safe by Banding Together for a National Day of Action, Oct. 22
We all deserve to live in a country where we are safe in our homes, at our places of work, and all the places in between. But for a long…
The Lynching Era Still Isn’t Over
Black Americans have been fighting lynching for over a century. In 1917, ten thousand African Americans organized by the NAACP marched in the Negro Silent Protest Parade to protest lynchings…