In the United States, access to housing and property ownership is deeply rooted in racial inequity. Racist ideologies about ...

It’s in vogue to call the new movement to end police violence against black civilians leaderless. Historian and veteran activist Barbara Ransby argues that it has many leaders in the Ella Baker ...

He was headed for the discipline track, Ford-Morthel says, and even as a fourth grader, he would easily have been suspended for his behavior in many other schools. "But we sat with him and we had to ...

According to the historians about the only thing that's true in the film is that working black women in the South often labored as domestic servants in white homes. Share ...

As you know, the video for Beyoncé Knowles' "Formation" does the most, from invoking police violence, to flashing back to Hurricane Katrina, to celebrating Blue Ivy's adorable afro. Here, Yaba Blay, a ...

Research support was provided by The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. Additional research by Juell Stewart. Since she was 16, Eva Hernández has worked a string of low-wage jobs. She's ...

The New York Times looks at how Grays Ferry joined the environmental racism movement in order to save its residents lives. Share ...

Black Panther alumni celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Party in 2016. In this informal census we present the names of those who are still in prison, who were recently released and ...

Louis Mitch ell expected a lot of change when he began taking injections of hormones eight years ago to transition from a female body to a male one. He anticipated that he’d grow a beard, which he ...

In a myriad of ways, it was women who built the farmworker movement around Chávez, sustained it, and continue to lead its modern incarnation. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on ...

Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on race, power and democracy. We offer analysis, collective meaning-making, and opportunities to engage in power-building moments and movements.

The documentary about Trotter, a Black newspaper editor and activist who fought to ban "The Birth of a Nation" in 1910s Boston, is now available to stream.