It’s in vogue to call the new movement to end police violence against black civilians leaderless. Historian and veteran activist Barbara Ransby argues that it has many leaders in the Ella Baker ...

He was headed for the discipline track, Ford-Morthel says, and even as a fourth grader, he would easily have been suspended for his behavior in many other schools. "But we sat with him and we had to ...

In a myriad of ways, it was women who built the farmworker movement around Chávez, sustained it, and continue to lead its modern incarnation. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on ...

California became the first state in the nation to ban the use of grand juries in police-involved killings and excessive force last week. Per Senate Bill 227, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed on Thursday ...

Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on race, power and democracy. We offer analysis, collective meaning-making, and opportunities to engage in power-building moments and movements.

Between its alarming legacy of racism and its skyrocketing rents, Portland, Oregon, has become one of the country's worst examples of Black displacement and gentrification. What will it take for this ...

Research support was provided by The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. Additional research by Juell Stewart. Since she was 16, Eva Hernández has worked a string of low-wage jobs. She's ...

The New York Times looks at how Grays Ferry joined the environmental racism movement in order to save its residents lives. Share ...

Louis Mitch ell expected a lot of change when he began taking injections of hormones eight years ago to transition from a female body to a male one. He anticipated that he’d grow a beard, which he ...

Mollena Williams is gregarious, the kind of woman who makes a point of saying, “How are you today?” to the Walgreens cashier. She has a short afro and laughs easily. She works as an administrative ...

Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on race, power and democracy. We offer analysis, collective meaning-making, and opportunities to engage in power-building moments and movements.

Various activists, including online movement #StopLightfoot, say Lori Lightfoot’s record is harmful to members of the Black, immigrant and LGBTQ communities.