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David Hogg and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz discuss replacement theory, the gunman’s manifesto, and how we organize against violent white supremacy.
The militarization of gun culture in the United States reflects an increasingly energetic defense of white rule.
Derecka Purnell interviews historian Elizabeth Hinton about her new book and how talk of “riots” discredits Black political demands.
Talk of American freedom has long been connected to the presumed right of whites to dominate everyone else.
A transcript of our panel discussion on the Black Lives Matter movement.
The McCloskeys are also only a symptom of how racism is served by private property.
In many states, legal regimes sanction the predictable murder of innocent black men. Justice will not be served until the law changes.
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