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.
Tag: white supremacy
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.
The Partisan Solution: Du Bois on “The Crisis” of Racist Misinformation
Our history shows that nonpartisan engagement has failed because white supremacists are totally devoted to white mythologies, making a commitment to truth intrinsically “partisan.”
C’est Sirop – Cajun Resistance to Americanization
Even with the trauma of forced Americanization and the complexities of what it means to be Cajun, we revel in the fact that our existence is a triumph.
Call For Contributors: “The Crisis: Fighting for Multiracial Democracy”
The Activist History Review invites essays that explore the entanglements of capitalism with white supremacy.
An Antifascism of Care
Antifascism means creating a community of care that makes white authoritarianism impossible.
Breakthrough Verdict?
After seven years of Black Lives Matter, and looking back at several decades of mass incarceration, justice on paper seems less of a triumph.
Suspect Science: Today’s Anglo-American Eugenics
Time and time again, the Pioneer Fund subsidized research that advanced eugenic theories about racial difference and actively undermined racial equality.
Just Like Earl: William Luther Pierce and the Hero Complex of Far-Right Masculinity
Pierce fetishized a particularly patriarchal, violent, and primitive form of masculinity and deliberately sought to attack the masculine insecurities of his readers in order to mobilize a violent hero complex.
The Badge and the Skull: Cops, Militants, and a Punisher Fetish
The symbol stands for vigilante justice and punishment, something that we all should find unsettling when worn by those who are supposedly sworn to protect us.
