Race, Racism and the Law

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• Racial justice depends on whether people can exercise their rights in daily life: cast a ballot without intimidation, attend college without repeated disruptions, remain in their homes, worship safely, and obtain the records needed to hold government accountable. This week brought challenges to federal election interventions, evidence of substantial funding losses in Indian Country, and demands to protect historical records documenting racial exclusion and federal obligations. Communities are a

  19 October 2026 · Race, Racism and the Law · $0 – $99 · 2K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

• The Census Bureau proposes to remove race and ethnicity questions from the 2030 census and exclude many residents from the population used to determine representation in Congress. I submitted the comment below because these changes would make racial inequality harder to prove and millions of people easier to disregard. Calling the census “colorblind” will not end racism. It will weaken the evidence needed to confront it. Public comments are due October 13, 2026. Read the proposed rule, then sub

  29 September 2026 · Race, Racism and the Law · $0 – $99 · 2K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

• This week’s developments show how racial inequality is sustained through government policy, institutional decision-making, corporate practices, environmental burdens, immigration enforcement, and the suppression of political expression. The most urgent development is the proposed federal rule that would remove race and ethnicity questions from the 2030 census and exclude many immigrants from the population used for congressional apportionment. Public comments are due October 13, 2026. Removing

  28 September 2026 · Race, Racism and the Law · $0 – $99 · 2K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

• Weekly Racial Justice Update: July 12 - 18, 2026. Federal officials moved to narrow civil-rights safeguards across education, housing, grants, immigration, and Tribal lands, while courts and community organizations mounted legal and public resistancr The week’s major developments included the end of a 60-year Louisiana school-desegregation case, the newly disclosed withdrawal of federal fair-housing guidance, deadly immigration-enforcement encounters, an order sharply reducing Bears Ears Nation

  21 July 2026 · Race, Racism and the Law · $0 – $99 · 100+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

• The recent conviction of Karmelo Anthony, a Black teenager who claimed self-defense in the fatal stabbing of a white teenager, has generated intense debate. Some people have focused on the evidence. Others have focused on the verdict. Many have argued about whether Anthony's fear was reasonable. I found myself thinking about a different question. Who gets to decide what fear is reasonable? That question goes to the heart of one of the deepest flaws in American law. The legal system often asks

  14 June 2026 · Race, Racism and the Law · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library