As we lead the way in fighting genocide in Gaza, the only thing we need from white feminists is they get out of our way.

As we lead the way in fighting genocide in Gaza, the only thing we need from white feminists is they get out of our way.

The current debate over academic freedom and equity sparked by the events at Hamline University misses the point.

The attacks Judge Jackson faced during her confirmation were only the latest proof that race still matters in the US.

For the past 20 years, Muslims in the US have been systematically racialised and their civil liberties curbed.
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An increasingly racially charged American society is rapidly changing the way it sees Palestine.
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By pardoning himself, the president would admit guilt for wrongdoing, which he would never do.
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Ginsburg’s work has inspired a generation of people who experience outsider status in the US, including Muslims.

Nineteen years after 9/11, Muslim victims of discrimination still face unfriendly courts.

Passing a law allowing the designation of domestic groups as terrorist would allow the government to silence opposition.

The US must not repeat the same mistake it made after 9/11 by allowing the scapegoating of a whole minority population.
