Senate Democrats haven't been putting up much of a fight against Trump's Cabinet picks
If this is the resistance, we're in bad shape. Sad!
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The Donald Trump era is already terrible news for Native American activists
Also, for pretty much everyone else.
Republican lawmakers back bills that criminalize protest, then quote Martin Luther King Jr.
Someone should probably tell them ...
The ones who stand to lose the most if Republicans repeal Obamacare are black women
A new study found that cervical cancer death rates among black women are way higher than previously thought.
It's mourning again in America
There's no way to be fully prepared for Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump's 2017 inaugural address is a chilling preview of the America he promised
We have no idea how bad this is going to get.
If affirmative action was what conservatives think it is, it would look like Donald Trump's Cabinet
If affirmative action was what conservatives think it is, it would look like the incoming administration.
Obama has 2 days to free Native American activist Leonard Peltier. Here's why his case matters.
This is probably Leonard Peltier's last chance at freedom.
If MLK were alive, Donald Trump would treat him exactly how he treated John Lewis
Conservatives are comfortable praising civil-rights leaders so long as it helps them uphold the myth that racism is over.
9 Havasupai Native American children are suing the US Bureau of Indian Education. Here's why.
The federal government has failed to provide an adequate education for these children, the complaint alleges.
Ira Madison III's Jeff Sessions tweets were politically incorrect. But the right didn't defend him.
The right's outrage over "political correctness" is mysteriously missing whenever conservatives are criticized.
Jeff Sessions says he's been branded a racist "caricature." But his racism is hardly cartoonish.
You don't have to be a monster to be racist.
Bernie Sanders misses a crucial link between abortion and "economic issues" in his CNN town hall
More often than not, abortion is an economic issue.
Conservatives think Meryl Streep's Golden Globes speech was elitist and out of touch. It wasn't.
This is what happens when human decency becomes politicized.
The Senate just named a supporter of the Dakota pipeline to head its Indian Affairs committee
A chairman of the Indian Affairs committee who opposes key Native American causes.
#BLMKidnapping hashtag shows if black people want equality, they all have to be perfect
Black crime has alway been used as an excuse to deny black people their civil rights.
Ex-'American Idol' singer Bo Bice cries reverse racism, which isn't a thing
Bice alleged racial discrimination and threatened to sue the Popeyes owners.
Syria shows the US isn't the world's "good cop"
The U.S. likes to think of itself as the good cop on the world stage. The reality is different.
2016 was the year of coddling white people
Black anxiety was rewarded with smear campaigns and Blue Lives Matter bills. White anxiety was rewarded with the White House.
The next Standing Rock-style protest could be this Navajo oil battle in New Mexico
Even as the Dakota Access pipeline winds down, oil protests led by Native Americans continue unfolding nationwide.
Ben Carson isn't just inexperienced for a HUD Secretary. His views are dangerous.
What happens when HUD's own secretary believes that poverty is a choice?
The Standing Rock protests face an uncertain future. But this moment won't be forgotten.
The conditional victory at Standing Rock proves the vitality of indigenous protest.
The Ohio State University terrorist attack is a test for US Islamophobia under Trump
Our response to Adbul Razak Ali Artan's terrorist attack will determine whether we're the exceptional country we think we are.
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