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Members of the U.S. Colored Troops and Buffalo Soldiers — living historians and reenactors — stand in silhouette against a blue sky, rifles at their sides, as one figure carries a period American flag bearing the text "54th Regiment," before marching in the Juneteenth People's Parade in Washington, DC.

Jubilee Deferred: What Juneteenth Demands of America at 250

Juneteenth commemorates emancipation. Jubilee demands something more: a society in which access, opportunity and economic and political power are secure rather than contingent.
Youths gather in front of a burning barricade on Duncairn Gardens on June 9, 2026 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland’s Racist Violence Has a Familiar Playbook

In Northern Ireland, a horrific crime is being manipulated to justify racist violence and the targeting of migrants.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2026.

Can the Secretary of Defense Remove Admirals from a Promotion List?

The legal questions raised by these removals ultimately extend far beyond the careers of the officers involved.
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen at dusk on May 30, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Bang, Bang, Bang: Callais Kills Off the Voting Rights Act

To the extent that the Voting Rights Act served as at least a minimal constraint on political gerrymandering, that constraint is gone.
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Dangerous Speech in Disguise: The White House’s New “Aliens” Website Is Not a Joke

The White House’s new Aliens.gov website uses fear, dehumanizing rhetoric, and conspiracy themes to build public support for mass deportations.
Illustration abstract of hands and arms breaking the chains. (via Getty Images)

Moving Beyond Recognition Toward Repair for Enslavement

International law needs to move beyond legal recognition of the wrongfulness of chattel enslavement and the trade in enslaved people, toward repair and remedy.

The Poverty of the DOJ Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center

Weissmann, former head of the DOJ Fraud Section, discusses conspicuous gaps in the indictment.
Demonstrators hold a protest in Houston, Texas, against a bill that would forbid Chinese nationals from buying properties in Texas, on February 11, 2023.

Alien-ating Asians in 21st-Century Land Laws

“Alien land laws” frame Asian land ownership as a national security threat despite minimal evidence, echoing the United States’ historical exclusionary policies.

The Taken

Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents detain a man during an immigration enforcement operation in a Minneapolis neighborhood on January 11, 2026.

Minnesota ICE Enforcement: Tracking Alleged Constitutional Violations in Court

Sworn declarations in ACLU’s Minnesota lawsuit describe masked ICE agents using violent, warrantless arrests targeting Somali and Latino US citizens, legal residents.
The Martin Luther King Jr Memorial

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Let Not Arrogance Be Our Doom

With humility and our collective morals and values, we must extinguish the flames of hubris in US foreign and domestic policy, or "our arrogance will be our doom."
A crowd swirls around a blaze set in front of a blue-green solid metal gate inscribed with the name of the U.N. peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO. A few palm fronds are seen in the foreground, and stone walls flank the gate in the background.

The United Nations and a World in Pain

The U.N.’s survival depends on how it positions itself between the elephant and the mouse, in South America and the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, and beyond.
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