While Indigenous leaders work to address issues they face with U.S.-Mexico border policy, Indigenous people must continue to grapple with the everyday impacts of increasing border enforcement.
While Indigenous and other people of color traditionally lack the power to enact racism, we can and do exercise clear racial prejudice against Black people.
When the Rev. Al Sharpton implored White America to 鈥済et your knee off our necks鈥 at the memorial of George Floyd, his words were carried by news outlets across the globe.
In this new movement of mass protest against police violence, anti-Black racism, and white supremacy, we will settle for nothing less than total transformation.
In a country of this size and diversity, it makes little sense to cling to statues that honor only a few, including historical figures unworthy of such acclaim.
Author Pitchaya Sudbanthad maps a sense of perspective and possibility that feels urgent for a city that has faced existential threats long before the current COVID pandemic.
George Floyd鈥檚 death鈥攁nd so many before his鈥攚as avoidable. But until Black Lives Matter to elected officials, police officers, and White Americans, the uprisings will continue.
The cultural work we do in our homes and the activism we do to end systems of oppression may look different during this pandemic, but it matters all the more.
When the Trump Administration fails the test of guiding the nation during a crisis, local officials have picked up the reins of power鈥攆or better or for worse.