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We Must Defend Black History — It Fuels Freedom Dreams of Students Under Attack

Historian Elizabeth Todd-Breland discusses how schools have become a key site of struggle amid rising fascism in the US.

28.02.2026 10

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George Yancy

Robin D. G. Kelley: It’s Not Enough to Abolish ICE — We Have to Abolish Police

“What’s happening now has happened before,” Kelley said, underscoring the anti-Blackness foundational to US fascism.

26.02.2026 10

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The Black Anti-Fascist Tradition Recognized Fascism Didn’t Begin in Europe

Black anti-fascists have long warned about creeping fascism, from slavery to mass incarceration to ICE terror.

22.02.2026 250

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A New Era of Scholarship Is Shining a Light on the Black Philosophical Tradition

Without this history, students may see Black thinkers as footnotes rather than world-historical contributors.

19.02.2026 100

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Black Men Endured Sexual Exploitation Under Slavery. Their Story Is Rarely Told.

This article was originally published by Truthout, and has only been edited to adhere to Rewire News Group’s style guide. Black knowledge...

16.02.2026 3

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Black Men Endured Sexual Exploitation Under Slavery. Their Story Is Rarely Told.

Historian Thomas A. Foster discusses his new book Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men.

13.02.2026 300

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I Am on Kirk’s “Professor Watchlist.” I Know How It Destroys Civil Debate.

I deeply value free speech and debate. The watchlist created by Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA is anathema to both.

27.09.2025 10

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George Yancy

We Can’t Let White Nationalism Dictate What Is Taught and Learned in Classrooms

Curricula that challenge oppression are being shut down. How do we resist?

18.09.2025 9

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Trump’s Education Plan Seeks to Make Cruel Domination Into “Common Sense”

Trump isn’t even trying to hide his authoritarianism within social acceptability.

13.09.2025 6

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Authoritarian Wave in US Shows Democracy’s Fragility, South African Scholar Says

The racist upswell in the US looks “clearer from the outside,” says South African philosopher Nuraan Davids.

07.09.2025 10

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Pete Hegseth Has Banned 3 of My Books From the US Naval Academy

Censorship is an act of cowardice and a direct refusal of the mirror I hold up to the US’s racist past and present.

18.05.2025 4

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“Striking Hard at Civilians”: A Supremacist Ideology Underlies Israeli Policy

Israel must “shed Zionism, just as South Africa abandoned Afrikaner nationalist ideology,” Muhammad Ali Khalidi says.

25.03.2025 4

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How Should We Rethink Our Relationship to US Violence Around the World?

Democracy-destroying forces thrive off militarism. We have to resist both.

18.03.2025 5

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Black History Testifies to the Impossible Creative Power of Black Resistance

Literary scholar Farah Jasmine Griffin discusses how Black yearning keeps surviving in the face of racist violence.

24.02.2025 8

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Frederick Douglass’s Words Ring True: “Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand”

Let’s draw on the defiant wisdom of Frederick Douglass as Trump carries out a blitzkrieg against democracy in the US.

15.02.2025 7

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Remember What Audre Lorde Told Us: The Oppressor Doesn’t Determine What’s True

To navigate these terrible times, we need Audre’s Lorde’s audacity: Protect the public sphere. Refuse to be silenced.

08.02.2025 8

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Why the Right Is Wrong About Critical Race Theory

The right wing has tried to distort critical race theory. This Black History Month, let’s reflect on what it really is.

01.02.2025 10

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