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Men, women, and children, black and white, listen to a speaker at an outdoor Southern Tenant Farmers Union meeting, 1937. Wikimedia Commons

Economy and Inequality

When Black and White tenant farmers joined together to take on the plantation south

by David Griscom December 8, 2023December 8, 2023

The Southern Tenant Farmers Union was founded on the principle of interracial organizing. It challenged the Southern landowning class and the Jim Crow white supremacist order, leaving a proud legacy for both the labor movement and the civil rights movement.

A sign reading 'Jewish Diaspora Says No Arms To Israel'. The sign features an image taken from the Bund, featuring a man with his hands cupping his mouth to amplify something he is saying.

The ADL is making it less safe to be a progressive Jew

by Ben Lorber November 22, 2023November 22, 2023

Khalil Bridges takes public transportation from his school on Friday, April 15, 2016, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Baltimore’s failure to educate Black children is a threat to building Black political power

by Tinashe Chingarande November 15, 2023November 15, 2023

TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez (left) sits across from POWER Fellows Tinashe Chingarande (middle) and Ahmari Anthony (right) on the main stage at the TRNN studio in Baltimore, Maryland, during the Baltimore POWER: Emerging Journalist Showcase event on Sept. 7, 2023, cohosted by TRNN and Just Media. Photo by TRNN.

Politics and Movements: US

Anyone can be a journalist, and a journalist can come from anywhere

by Maximillian Alvarez October 13, 2023November 9, 2023

An Indigenous woman stands with her back facing the camera. She is wearing a tank top and pants with muted colors. She looks out over the desert at Thacker Pass. In her hands is an eagle staff, with feathers visible in the silhouette.

‘You can’t mine your way out of a climate crisis’: Indigenous nations fight lithium gold rush at Thacker Pass

by Brandi Morin and Geordie Day September 12, 2023September 15, 2023

Jocelyn Green (Left) and Shania Alford (Right) listened during the annual Kwanzaa Celebration at the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum on Dec. 28 in Catonsville, Maryland. The program in it's eighth year celebrates the seven principles of Kwanzaa with performances by the Baltimore County Chapter of Jack and Jill America and the Growing Griots, a youth storytelling program affiliated with the Griots' Circle of Maryland.

Keeping the griot tradition alive in Baltimore

by Ahmari Anthony September 7, 2023September 7, 2023

Demonstrators protest Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plan to eliminate Advanced Placement courses on African American studies in high schools as they stand outside the Florida State Capitol on February 15, 2023, in Tallahassee, Florida.

Politics and Movements: US

‘There is an attack on Black literacy’: Why education and activism go together

by Tinashe Chingarande September 6, 2023September 7, 2023

A young Palestinian man waves his flag in front of a thick column of black smoke

The Jewish political tradition demands solidarity with Palestine

by Marc Steiner September 5, 2023September 12, 2023

Edge of Sports TV

The ‘Redskins’ name is never coming back. Get over it.

by Dave Zirin August 31, 2023August 31, 2023

An older Indigenous woman sits inside an office. She is wearing glasses, has long grey hair, and a bright blue shirt. She has a grieving expression on her face.

First Nations say they’re not wildfire evacuees, but climate refugees

by Emma Paling August 29, 2023August 29, 2023