AFRICANIST REDSUGAR SOCIETY

“Learning is a good starting point in the fight for racial justice”: Lessons from Cindy Hawkins Rada, Amnesty researcher and advisor https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2026/05/learning-is-a-good-starting-point-in-the-fight-for-racial-justice-lessons-from-cindy-hawkins-rada-amnesty-researcher-and-advisor/ This demands a clear and shared understanding of how systemic racism is produced, maintained, normalized and reproduced

Trump floats ICE-to-NICE rebrand — RT World News https://www.rt.com/news/639148-trump-ice-to-nice-rebrand/ ICE be renamed “National Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” which would change the agency’s acronym to NICE Public support for the immigration crackdown has declined

https://newsone.com/6820913/decoded-keisha-blain-erasure-black-history/ White people have always been a little sensitive when it comes to Black history. They love the mythology of Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves, but they don’t want to get too into the weeds about the brutality of the transatlantic slave trade.

Where Is Due Process As ICE Agents Act As Law Enforcement, Judge, And Jury? In this op-ed, Stephen A. Crockett Jr. writes that ICE has become a roaming tribunal that decides who gets to stay and who disappears. https://newsone.com/6774273/why-ice-agents-act-law-enforcement-judge-jury/?__vfz=medium=sharebar

ICE Is The Real Criminal Threat, Not Undocumented Immigrants It is worse than the Crips or Gangster Disciples because ICE is backed by America’s lifeblood, racism, and a racist White House that implored them to make their bones. https://newsone.com/6745260/ice-real-criminal-threat-not-undocumented-immigrants/?__vfz=medium=sharebar

Why do reparations for colonialism and slavery matter? https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2025/10/why-do-reparations-for-colonialism-and-slavery-matter/ Under international law, victims of crimes under international law and human rights violations have a right to reparations.

Donald Trump Invoking The Insurrection Act Is Bad For Black People https://newsone.com/6522380/donald-trump-invoking-the-insurrection-act-is-bad-for-black-people/ "Plenary Authority" gaffe aside, the Insurrection Act could expand Trump's abuse of power, inflicting maximum harm along the way.

‘Wake Up’: Dr. Cornel West Explains Why It’s Time For Black America To Fight in the Face of Fascism https://newsone.com/6454757/cornel-west-on-why-its-time-for-black-america-to-fight-back/

Op-Ed: More Than 60 Years After The March On Washington, We’re Still Fighting For Jobs And Freedom https://newsone.com/6414641/op-ed-why-the-march-on-washington-still-matters/ The March on Washington turns 62 this week—but the same battles are still being fought. Here's what hasn't changed.

Juneteenth and the Path Toward Justice https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/06/19/juneteenth-and-the-path-toward-justice The fight for reparations isn’t solely about financial compensation, but also acknowledgment of past harms, restorative justice, and systemic change for the future.

ICE Agents Claim Assaults Are Reasons For Masks, But That’s A Lie https://newsone.com/6248960/ice-agents-claim-increased-assaults-are-why-they-wear-masks/ However, as pointed out by The Washington Post’s Philip Bump, it’s mostly smoke and mirrors.