Secretary Mayorkas Pledged to End His Agency’s Anti-Immigrant Abuses. Here’s What He’s Delivered.

As he approaches the sixth month anniversary of his confirmation, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ progress report is mixed.

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during news conference with a U.S. Homeland Security flag behind him.

The UN’s George Floyd Resolution is a Vital Step Toward International Accountability

It’s now up to the Biden administration to take bold action on international human rights and racial justice.

BLM protester holding a sign that says, "It isn't just about George Floyd it is about the hundreds of others whose lives were taken the same way."

Do Black Americans Have the Right to Bear Arms?

Anti-Blackness determined the inclusion of the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights, and has informed the unequal and racist application of gun laws.

Members of the New Black Panthers attend a second amendment rally at the Virginia State Capitol in January 2021

The International Olympic Committee is Failing Black Women

Black women are required to alter their bodies and practices, inside and out, simply to step onto the playing field.

Sha'Carri Richardson celebrates after winning during fourth heat at Olympics 2021

Inequity Starts the Day a Child is Born

To effect systemic change, we must make the expanded Child Tax Credit permanent and ensure it reaches all children.

A young boy and girl play with their toy cars to wrap up the day at a day care Albuquerque, New Mexico

Five Things to Know About Gender-Affirming Health Care

Here’s what transgender youth, their parents, and doctors have said about Arkansas’ ban on gender affirming care.

A transgender woman in a hospital gown speaking to her doctor, a transgender man, in an exam room

How America Disguised 65,000 Prison Beds

Alternatives to incarceration often replicate the same problematic technologies that fostered mass incarceration.

Clean lawn and tidy oak trees in front of an apartment complex

How Artificial Intelligence Can Deepen Racial and Economic Inequities

The Biden administration must prioritize and address all the ways that AI and technology can exacerbate racial and other inequities.

Couple looking to buy a home

McGirt v Oklahoma Community Impact Forum is Business as Usual for Oklahoma Prosecutors

Tonight’s District Attorney led Tulsa forum will focus on their perceived hardships in being forced to acknowledge tribal sovereignty and reservation boundaries in the year since McGirt.

By Nicole McAfee

Increase in Indigenous people imprisoned