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Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict is a step toward justice and police reform–but it’s not the end of racism in the US
Philonise Floyd, Attorney Ben Crump and the Rev. Al Sharpton courtroom celebrate Chauvin verdict.

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Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict is a step toward justice and police reform–but it’s not the end of racism in the US

Close out the 2021 spring semester with these virtual events

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Close out the 2021 spring semester with these virtual events

It may have come and gone, but the 1776 Commission was no fluke

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It may have come and gone, but the 1776 Commission was no fluke

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Angela Y. Davis make the case for reparations for families of lynching victims

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Ta-Nehisi Coates, Angela Y. Davis make the case for reparations for families of lynching victims

Let’s talk about reparations for the families of lynching victims

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Let’s talk about reparations for the families of lynching victims

Lasting police reform will require confronting roots of racism in American policing

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Lasting police reform will require confronting roots of racism in American policing

How did the Black Lives Matter movement get to where it is today?

How did the Black Lives Matter movement get to where it is today?

The untold stories of 123 Black people killed by white police officers in one Alabama county

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The untold stories of 123 Black people killed by white police officers in one Alabama county

“Murder in Mobile” honored with a Regional Emmy Award for best documentary
Murder in Mobile poster, with a man walking on the railroad tracks.

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“Murder in Mobile” honored with a Regional Emmy Award for best documentary

‘Let us pledge that our university will take action’

‘Let us pledge that our university will take action’

How do today’s Black Lives Matter protests compare to the civil rights movement of the 1960s?

How do today’s Black Lives Matter protests compare to the civil rights movement of the 1960s?

What we can learn from the backlash to The New York Times’ 1619 Project, a history of slavery in America
Stock photo of the The New York Times Magazine on Aug. 20, 2019. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

What we can learn from the backlash to The New York Times’ 1619 Project, a history of slavery in America