Margaret Kimberley argues that the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns are rooted in white supremacy, from admitting white South Africans as refugees to blocking naturalization for Black and brown immigrants worldwide.
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Black folks and foreign policy
June Jordan Black foreign policy essay from Essence 1983 republished from Black Agenda Report challenges Black Americans to examine silence and complicity in American imperialism.
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Black misleaders collaborate with ‘tough on crime’ politicians
This Baltimore over policing commentary says Trump’s rhetoric and bipartisan calls for federal “surges” revive a legacy of criminalizing Black activism and communities, and urges a turn toward self-determination.
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Concentration camps like Trump’s are not new to the U.S.
Trump’s mass deportation plan has drawn comparisons to concentration camps—but the U.S. has long operated systems of confinement and control. This isn’t unprecedented. It’s rooted in American history.
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MN liberalism no less than conservatism, is a failed ideology
In this searing excerpt from Black Agenda Report, Jon Jeter examines the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and the state’s failure to reckon with rising white male violence and its own political shift to the right.
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The LA conflict is domestic warfare of international import
The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) denounces ICE’s militarized raids in Los Angeles and calls on Black communities to reject silence. Their campaign, “No Compromise No Retreat,” links immigrant detention, deportation, and global displacement to broader systems of U.S. imperialism and state violence.