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BREAKING: Lonnie Bunch, Smithsonian’s First Black Secretary, Steps Down Amid Trump’s History Crackdown

Smithsonian’s Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III announced his retirement on Tuesday amid escalating scrutiny from the Trump Administration on how the institution has been presenting American history.  Bun...

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Smithsonian’s Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III announced his retirement on Tuesday amid escalating scrutiny from the Trump Administration on how the institution has been presenting American history, The New York Times first reported.

Smithsonian’s Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III announced his retirement on Tuesday amid escalating scrutiny from the Trump Administration on how the institution has been presenting American history, The New York Times first reported.

Decades of inequitable infrastructure and disparities in FEMA funding leave Black and Brown communities more vulnerable when disaster strikes and less able to bounce back when disaster hits.

People detained in ICE's detention facilities in Louisiana have been recording and uploading videos pleading for help.

The Internal Revenue Service, the federal tax agency, released a proposal Thursday that, if codified, could strip the tax-exempt status from thousands of private schools the administration deems racially discriminatory.

In Anti-DEI Crusade, IRS Proposal Could Revoke Tax-Exempt Status for 18,000 Educational Institutions

The Internal Revenue Service, the federal tax agency, released a proposal Thursday that, if codified, could strip the tax-exempt status from thousands of private schools the administration deems racially discriminatory.  Consistent with the Trump administration’s attempts to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion policies, the proposal explains that the federal government considers racial preferences, such […]

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Pierre Damas Bel, a 20-year-old Haitian college student, died by suicide after losing his Temporary Protected immigration status and being shackled by an ankle monitor.

Federal prosecutors charged ICE agent Christian Castro with making false statements to federal investigators about what happened just before Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, a Venezuelan man, was shot in the leg during an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis in January, according to the Associated Press.

Vice President JD Vance recently described Michigan’s Democratic nominee, Abdul El-Sayed as someone who sees himself as “fighting for one group at the expense of others.

A group of California lawmakers wants companies that have $100 million or more in sales and which historically profited from slavery to disclose that history to their customers. Here are three of those companies and their historic roots in the American slave trade.

Laura Loomer’s racist tirade against five college-educated Black women occupying some of the most powerful political positions in the country takes a page from an old playbook: weaponize ugly stereotypes to distract from and degrade policy differences.

Laura Loomer’s Racist Rants Against Black Female Politicians Follows an Old Playbook

Laura Loomer’s racist tirade against five college-educated Black women occupying some of the most powerful political positions in the country takes a page from an old playbook: weaponize ugly stereoty...

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Amid a surge of detainee deaths and reports of inhumane conditions, the Trump administration proudly celebrates its immigration enforcement efforts and “higher detention standards.” The Emancipator looked into those claims and found them egregiously false.

This: Our September collection includes novels by Marlon James, @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social , and @minjinlee.bsky.social , history books on anti-Zionism and the U.S. immigration system,

Milo Yiannopoulos, who is notorious for racist, Islamophobic, and misogynistic rants online and on-air, has been detained by ICE.⁠

Assistant Imam Mehdad Islam of the Islaamic Center of Mastic-Shirley told The Emancipator the Muslim community in Shirley feels “targeted” and “unsafe” after graffiti with hateful language referencing Islam

An investigation is underway after graffiti with hateful language referencing Islam was found at the construction site of a mosque in New York – the latest in a rising wave of hate against Muslim Americans.

Anti-Muslim Graffiti Targets Long Island Mosque Site as Hate Incidents Increase

At least 17 incidents targeting Muslim places of worship from May to July were documented by the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

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La’Nita Johnson considers herself somewhat lucky. After the Trump administration mass-fired foreign assistance workers, she found work as a visiting professor at her alma mater and continued to build a consulting business.

As Native people face cuts and diminished access to health care, the country is getting its first medical degree-granting school to open a campus on sovereign tribal land. theemancipator.org/2026/08/26/n...

Gila River Indian Community to Host Nation’s First Degree-Granting Medical School Campus on Tribal Land

As Native people face cuts and diminished access to health care, the country is getting its first medical degree-granting school to open a campus on sovereign tribal land.  The program is the result o...

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The U.S. State Department has removed and plans to sell artwork by Kehinde Wiley, the first Black artist commissioned to do a presidential portrait, claiming his work represents “woke ideologies” and calling it “aesthetically terrifying.”

Neighborhoods with growing populations of immigrants without proper legal documentation saw a decrease in crime rates, contrary to the popular political rhetoric that vilifies undocumented immigrants, theemancipator.org/2026/08/25/n...

New Study: Crime Fell in Neighborhoods With Rising Undocumented Immigrant Populations

Neighborhoods with growing populations of immigrants without proper legal documentation saw a decrease in crime rates, contrary to the popular political rhetoric that vilifies undocumented immigrants,...

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The Emancipator curated the best antiracist nonfiction books of 2026 so far, featuring works published from January through June. theemancipator.org/2026/08/25/t...

The Best Nonfiction Antiracist Books of 2026 So Far

The Emancipator curated the best antiracist nonfiction books of 2026 so far, featuring works published from January through June.  The Racial Wealth Gap A Brief History by Mehrsa Baradaran Norton, Feb...

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As students head back to school and prepare to take on a new school year, enrollment for Latino students in Maryland has dropped amid deportation fears as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on both legal and illegal immigration. theemancipator.org/2026/08/25/n...

Latino Student Enrollment Plummets in Maryland Public Schools as Immigration Crackdown Continues

As students head back to school and prepare to take on a new school year, enrollment for Latino students in Maryland has dropped amid deportation fears as the Trump administration continues its crackd...

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Daniel Flores, the whistleblower Los Angeles police officer who secretly recorded his colleagues making racist, misogynistic, and homophobic comments and submitted them for an internal probe, will no longer face felony charges, according to the district attorney.  #LAPD #LosAngeles #Police

Target is facing backlash on social media after releasing a racist children’s Halloween costume that drew similarities to minstrelsy, the racist practice in 19th-century entertainment where White performers used blackface to mock Black people.

The United States Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to implement parts of an executive order on mail-in voting – a voter suppression effort at least 10 weeks ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. theemancipator.org/2026/08/24/n...

BREAKING: SCOTUS Gives Trump Power to Enable Voter Suppression

The United States Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to implement parts of an executive order on mail-in voting – a voter suppression effort at least 10 weeks ahead of the 2026 midterm...

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Florida officers found two middle school students, 14 and 13, had guns, bombs, Nazi symbols, and a screed on demographic replacement that incited many mass shooters from El Paso to Buffalo. These shooters are getting younger. My latest @theemancipator.org.  theemancipator.org/2026/08/24/i...

The Averted Anti-Muslim Terror Attack Everyone Should Be Talking About

He wore tactical gear and a helmet-mounted camera on March 15, 2019. As he livestreamed himself on Facebook, Brenton Harrison Tarrant, a thirty-year-old White Australian, entered Al Noor Mosque in Chr...

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Immigrants from Ethiopia, Somalia, and Myanmar are the latest to lose Temporary Protected Status as the Trump administration continues to crack down on legal and illegal immigration to the U.S.

Two months after Kohen Wiley, a one-year-old boy, was fatally shot by a Mississippi police officer, Black lawmakers in his state are continuing to demand accountability and answers as to why this child was killed.

New research from the University of California, Berkeley shows companies that maintained diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programming continued to make high profits, despite executive orders by the Trump administration threatening companies that continued to support it.

'Go Woke, Go Broke' is a Myth, New Study Finds Companies that Kept Diversity Initiatives Maintain High Revenue

Companies that held steadfast to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programming continued to earn high profits – despite ominous warnings from President Donald Trump that such efforts hurt bottom ...

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William O’Reilly, a White Cambridge professor, was found guilty of plagiarizing his student, accused again of plagiarism, accused of sexual assault, and accused of using his power to get one of his students cleared of a sexual assault allegation.