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How to Be a Better Ally

Erin Taj explains how white people and nonblack POC can continue demonstrating allyship in their daily lives

Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Looks Back in Anger at Black Soldiers’ Experience in Vietnam

This gripping Netflix drama about four veterans returning to Ho Chi Minh City for closure and buried treasure is messy and volatile — just like its tormented characters

‘Umbrella Man’ May Be the Latest in the Long, Sordid Use of Agent Provocateurs Against Black Activists

From Hoover’s COINTELPRO program to the NYPD, subversive agents have always worked to collapse the Civil Rights movement from within. But now, the real enemy is hiding in plain sight.

Young Shitlers: How Teen Edgelords Became the New Leaders of the Neo-Nazi Movement

They’re not old enough to buy a gun, and in some cases, they’re not even old enough to drive. But their commitment to hate and violence belies their age — and the men who came before them.