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REPORT: 10 Strategies to Address Structural Forces Behind Racial Wealth Inequality | Colorlines

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

The racial wealth divide is greater now than it was 40 years ago—and a new report says that persistent structural racism is causing the gap to grow.

Black Farmer Says Trump’s Trade War, Shutdown Have Sliced His Profit Margins In Half | Atlanta Black Star

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

Tanasia Kenney, Atlanta Black Star | Eddie Cotton, 82, Hermanville, MS, clears a field for a fall crop of hay, using a 40-yr-old tractor. He is among thousands of black farmers denied federal loans in past years. “They took away my ability to provide for my family,” he says of the discrimination. ©Robin Nelson/ZUMA. Featured […]

How Saudi Arabia declared war on America’s Muslim congresswomen | Business Insider

December 19, 2018KINDR'D, KINDR'D Magazine ...

Ever since the midterm election, conservative media in the United States have targeted with special zeal Ilhan Omar, an incoming Somali-American Democratic congresswoman and a devout Muslim who wears hijab.

The Trump Era Is Destroying Black Civics, but Delivering Black Votes | The Atlantic

November 6, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

A new survey from The Atlantic and the Public Religion Research Institute finds that the past two years have eroded African American participation in politics and activism, even in a watershed election year for minorities.

The Double Battle | The Nation

November 2, 2018African American History, African American Politics ...

Frederick Douglass’s moral crusade.

N.C. Man Charged with Ethnic Intimidation after Brandishing Weapon at Black Poll Worker | Atlanta Black Star

October 31, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Police have arrested a man accused of harassing and threatening to assault a Black campaign worker at an early-voting location in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday.