I join people everywhere in mourning the victims of last night’s horrific shootings in Atlanta. Condolences to the families of each of the victims. Prayers for everyone touched by this tragedy. Regardless of the killer's motivation, six of the eight victims were Asian American women. These murders come amidst a nationwide rise in violence, discrimination, and xenophobia directed against the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. These murders are the most rec

As we seek to assign blame for the insurrection at our U.S. Capital yesterday, let us stop and really bear witness to the outcome of our mollycoddling White supremacy. Implicit racial bias harms and debilitates the soul of the White community and flies against our deepest moral and civic traditions. Let us reckon that White supremacy is the White community’s to dismantle, for the sake of its own liberation. The responsibility for repairing the racial divide must shift out of

By Executive Order 13950, the Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping, federal entities are now barred from using federal funds for workplace diversity trainings, anti-racism trainings, and scholarship. The irony within this Executive Order states, ”This ideology is rooted in the pernicious and false belief that America is an irredeemably racist and sexist country, that people, simply on account of their sex or race are oppressors.” The EO restricts what can b

Black August is a call for reflection, study, and action to promote Black liberation. Its roots go back to California prisons in the 1970s, during a period of sustained struggle and resistance against racialized violence against Black imprisoned people, especially those calling for Black liberation and challenging state power. Ignited by the deaths of Jonathan and George Jackson in August 1970 and August 1971, and honoring others who gave their lives including Khatari Gualden