In a new episode of Who Makes Cents: A History of Capitalism Podcast, Mehrsa Baradaran looks at the history of the racial wealth gap and the ways that Black banks have often acted to distract from more fundamental solutions.
In addition to the newfound sympathy for the Windrush generation, we should remember that ‘illegal immigrants’ are our kin, especially if we are to challenge the racism at the heart of the ‘hostile environment’.
Priyamvada Gopal responds to the racist attacks on her work in the British tabloids.
Sita Balani argues that to understand sexual abuse, we must not only question the moral claims of supposedly virtuous institutions but also situate them in the material context of unequal distribution of resources and power.
In contrast to the refugees Australia imprisons offshore, the white South African farmers that the Australian government want to fast-track for humanitarian or other visa programmes are some of the most privileged people on the planet.
A brief history of the second Ku Klux Klan, in printable form, by historian Linda Gordon.
A brief excerpt from Étienne Balibar and Immaneul Wallerstein's Race, Nation, Class — part of the Political Theory bookshelf, 50% off until Sunday, March 4 at 11:59pm EST.
By and large, contemporary social movements have failed to account for black women like the victims of serial killers in Peoria, Los Angeles, and Cleveland.
If the current mobilizations hope to fundamentally change the gun violence and militarism that pervade American society, they will have to take up the ways that Black people are disproportionately impacted by these phenomena.
"Women have always, it turns out, told about sexual violence, fought it, struggled to write it and say it. Women have fought to tell it to themselves" – Jessie Kindig introduces Where Freedom Starts: Sex Power Violence #MeToo
Sivanandan captured the dire, demeaning, and deadly consequences of racist state practices on the ground, and situated them within larger political, economic and historical processes.
Virou Srilangarajah on the life and work of A. Sivanandan.