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50 Years after Selma March, Activists Walk Again to Restore Voting Rights in South
Hundreds of activists are retracing the path of the 1965 Selma March to highlight the damage done to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by a 2013 Supreme Court decision.
Why Do Black Churches Keep Burning?
A series of fires at predominantly black churches since the horrific shooting in Charleston, South Carolina—including two blazes in the same state—have raised the specter of copycat racial violence.
The Age-Old Question of Whether Jimmies Are Racist
There is dissent as to whether the term strictly applies to chocolate sprinkles, but far more importantly, there is disagreement over whether the term is racist. Some of those who grew up with the word now refuse to use it.
Fifty Years After Selma, Civil Rights in Alabama Are Still in Rough Shape
You'd think that by now Alabama would be tired of being the state where marginalized Americans have to demand their dignity the loudest.
Racists Are Pissed Off About the Trailer for the New Will Smith Movie
The movie's "race mixing" has provoked some of the most vile, old-fashioned racism you'll encounter this week.
VICE News Capsule - Wednesday, February 11
Shelling kills dozens in Ukraine ahead of peace talks, new brothel plans will leave Amsterdam’s pimps in the dark, report estimates nearly 4,000 lynchings in the Jim Crow South, and US Navy will to use unmanned boats to defend ships.
The Plantation Is Still Here: An Interview with Artist M. Lamar
We talked about sexuality, racism, history, the policing of black men's bodies.
Austin Was Built to Be Segregated
Austin stands as the tenth-most income segregated metro area in the entire country. For all of its desire to be removed from the rest of Texas, the progressive city is in familiar company. And the segregation was there from the beginning.
60 Years After Brown vs. Board of Ed, US Schools Are Still Pretty Damn Segregated
Separation, inequality and school segregation are alive and well in the United States.
Capitalism Beats Back Bigotry
When Jan Brewer vetoed SB 1062, Arizona's now infamous homophobic "religious-freedom" bill, she kept her state (relatively) safe for gay people and satisfied business interests. The system works!