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Equity + Environment

Racial Justice

How to Celebrate Juneteenth as an Ally

A Need for Systemic Solutions Beyond Decriminalization of Marijuana

Understanding the Influence of State Takeovers of Local School Boards on Racial Equity

3 Things I Learned From How to Fight Racism

Deep Roots: White Supremacy and the History of Anti-Asian Hate in America

#WeAreNotaVirus: An Interview with AACC President Raymond Chang on Anti-Asian Racism

How to be an Anti-racist: Reflecting and Acting this MLK Jr. Day

Native American Natural Lands and Resources: How They are Exploited and What Can Be Done

Land Loss of Black Farmers and the Farms Dedicated to Eradicating Racism in Agriculture

How Redlining Affects Health, Civil Rights, and More

Indigenous People’s Day: What We Can Learn, and How We Can Move Forward

Casteism in the United States: “The Origins of Our Discontents”

2020 Federal Execution: What It Means for Race and Capital Punishment

Why is Race Being Considered in the Distribution of a COVID-19 Vaccine?

Forgotten: How COVID-19 Exacerbates Inequities for Indigenous Communities (Part 3)

Systemic Racism as a Historical Reality

Forgotten: How COVID-19 Exacerbates Inequities for Indigenous Communities (Part 2)

Remember: Black Women with Disabilities

Racial Identity: Black or African American?

Overlooked: Black Womxn Survivors of Sexual Violence

The legacy of racially restrictive covenants in Minnesota

What 13th Reveals About the Development of the Black Identity and Experience

Five Ways to Learn About Racial Justice This Week

How the Model Minority Myth Perpetuates Anti-Black Racism

How People of Color are Excluded from Outdoor Space in America

George Floyd: A Call to Action During COVID-19

Forgotten: How COVID-19 Exacerbates Inequities for Indigenous Communities (Part 1)

Gender + Sexuality

Equity + Health

How Global IP Laws Prevent Other Nations from Manufacturing COVID-19 Vaccines

The Blood Plasma Industry Explained

Closing the Gap Between Now and Herd Immunity

Period Poverty and Stigma: Combating Menstrual Inequality

Equity versus Efficiency: The COVID-19 Vaccine

Shifting Crowd Control Tactics in Modern Policing

How Redlining Affects Health, Civil Rights, and More

The Causes of the Causes: Social Determinants of Health

One in 1,220: COVID-19 and Water on Native Reservations

Why is Race Being Considered in the Distribution of a COVID-19 Vaccine?

The COVID-19 Vaccine Is On Its Way. But Will We Get Fair and Equitable Access?

Forgotten: How COVID-19 Exacerbates Inequities for Indigenous Communities (Part 3)

Forgotten: How COVID-19 Exacerbates Inequities for Indigenous Communities (Part 2)

India: Pandemic, Poverty and Privilege

Forgotten: How COVID-19 Exacerbates Inequities for Indigenous Communities (Part 1)

Inequality in the Time of Covid-19

Social Justice


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Books

  • Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
  • Democracy in Black by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
  • The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
  • White Fragility by Robin J. Diangelo
  • How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
  • Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverley Daniel Tatum
  • Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad
  • So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  • The Burning House by Anders Walker
  • Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • On the Other Side of Freedom by DeRay Mckesson
  • The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby
  • White Awake by Daniel Hill
  • Check Your Privilege by Myisha Hill
  • The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
  • The Help by Kathryn Stockett
  • Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris
  • Ghosts in the Schoolyard by Eve Ewing
  • We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina L. Love
  • Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
  • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
  • Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
  • Heavy by Kiese Laymon
  • I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
  • My Vanishing Country by Bakari Sellers
  • Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson
  • They Can’t Kill Us All: The Story of Black Lives Matter by Wesley Lowery

Podcasts

  • 1619, New York Times
  • Code Switch, NPR
  • Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
  • What a Day, Crooked Media
  • Pod Save the People hosted by DeRay Mckesson, Crooked Media
  • #TellBlackStories, Color of Change
  • Momentum, Race Forward
  • Black History for White People
  • Hope & Hard Pills
  • White Lies, NPR
  • The Diversity Gap, Bethaney Wilkinson
  • About Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge
  • Mixed Company, Kai and Simeon

Movies + Documentaries

  • Just Mercy (Amazon Prime)
  • 13th (Netflix)
  • When They See Us (Netflix)
  • Selma (Amazon Prime)
  • Fruitvale Station (tubi) 
  • Dear White People (TV show on Netflix)
  • See You Yesterday (Netflix)
  • American Son (Netflix)
  • Hello, Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea. (Netflix)
  • Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (HBO)
  • I am Not Your Negro (Amazon Prime)
  • The Help (Netflix)
  • The Hate U Give (Hulu)
  • Owned: A Tale Of Two Americas (Tubi)
  • LA 92 (Netflix)
  • Baltimore Rising (HBO)
  • Whose Streets? (Hulu)
  • True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality (HBO)
  • Teach Us All (Netflix)
  • Strong Island (Netflix)

More Resources

Black-Owned Bookstores

  • Cafe con Libros
  • Harriett’s Bookshop
  • Frugal Bookshop
  • The Lit. Bar
  • Mahogany Books
  • Semicolon Bookstore and Gallery
  • Sister’s Uptown Bookstore

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