The author examines 'Sundown towns'—all-white communities that kept out minorities with laws, threats and violence—in the context of Trump era racism and #BlackLivesMatter.
Truthdig reports from Stone Mountain Park, Georgia, where a planned white nationalist rally gave way to an anti-racist counterprotest.
Another King is in the news as the nation remembers Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday: a racist Republican congressman from Iowa.
A survey of sites like Gab and Voat finds the Fox News host has amassed a loyal following among racists and far-right reactionaries.
James H. Cone, the father of black liberation theology, understood that the privileged can never grasp religion's true essence.
James Alex Fields Jr., a self-professed neo-Nazi, has been called "the face of violent white supremacy in our country."
Neo-Nazis are wreaking havoc across the country, and law enforcement officials appear unable or unwilling to take them down.
In the Sunshine State, a remarkable citizen initiative could restore the right to vote to over 1.4 million Floridians.
The members of the Rise Above Movement, a white supremacist organization, each face up to five years in federal prison.
Political and media elites from both major parties may now consider Trump a threat, but their reasons and potential fixes are in line with their own interests.
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