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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

In ‘Thacker Pass – Mining the Sacred,’ award-winning Cree/Iroquois/French multimedia journalist Brandi Morin and documentary filmmaker Geordie Day report on the Indigenous resisters putting their bodies and freedom on the line to stop the Thacker Pass lithium mining project.

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

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis walks to the Spin Room following the first Republican Presidential primary debate at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 23, 2023. Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

DeSantis booed at vigil for victims of racist shooting in Jacksonville

by Chris Walker August 28, 2023August 28, 2023

Close-up of Edith Lee Payne of Detroit, a young marcher participating in the March for Jobs and Freedom to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, August 28, 1963. Photo by Rowland Scherman/Getty Images

The Marc Steiner Show

The March on Washington was a labor struggle too

by Marc Steiner August 28, 2023September 2, 2023

A person in camo gear sits criss-crossed on the ground, cradling a baby.

‘Today is a good day to die’: Brandi Morin reports from inside a new RCMP raid at Fairy Creek

by Brandi Morin August 23, 2023August 23, 2023

Split-screen image: (Left) Photo of George Jackson published on August 24, 1971, three days after Jackson was shot and killed by a prison guard at San Quentin Prison. Photo by Bettman via Getty Images. (Right) Mourners give the Black Panther salute as the casket of George Jackson is carried from St. Augustine's Church in Oakland, California on August 28, 1971. Photo by Bettman via Getty Images

Rattling the Bars

George Jackson’s unfinished revolution

by Mansa Musa and Maximillian Alvarez August 21, 2023August 25, 2023