White Malice and the Racist Plunder of U.S. Empire
How American racism, capitalism, and imperialism led the U.S. to sabotage African democracies.
Author: Editorial Board
Zombies: Simone Weil on State Violence
As arbiters and vehicles of violence, States turn even their own citizens into these living corpses while their political leaders harm communities they see as things for their own financial and political gain.
Teaching Colonization and Decolonization During the “CRT” Panic
We have the tools we need to teach anticolonial history. The anti-“CRT” erasure movement shows why we must.
Whitewashing and Power: Conservatives (En)Forcing Erasures and Censorship
White conservatives would rather burn our history than admit their place in it. That’s why we need “CRT” now more than ever.
We Need “CRT” to Understand the Midwest, Too
You can’t tell the story of Midwestern cities like Toledo without being honest about their white supremacy problems.
Conflating ‘CRT’ and Equity: School Board Members’ Perspectives from the Front Line
Three school board members share their struggle to provide students with the best possible education amid anti-“CRT” scaremongering.
Critical Race Theory in the Mathematics Classroom
To ignore critical race theory is to set our democracy back, to neglect the difficult history of our country, and to further marginalize students.
Call for Contributors: Teaching “CRT” in an Age of White Backlash
For our Winter 2021 issue, The Activist History Review invites essays that consider how we teach “CRT”—the umbrella term white conservatives apply to any teaching critical of white supremacy—amid a white backlash movement that seeks to outlaw our work.
The Strange Career of Voting Rights in Texas
Republicans in Texas, and indeed around the country, remain hell-bent on going back to the future.
Using Double Consciousness to Make Space for Muslim America
When a dream for democracy can open its eyes to the nightmarish realities of a demonized people, there may be a fighting chance for justice.
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