Rita Omokha

Dec 25, 2024 | teenvogue.com | Rita Omokha

Stay up-to-date with the politics team. Sign up for the Teen Vogue TakeYou cannot kill the working class. Born out of the Depression Era was Angelo Herndon’s fight. And those six words became his singular mission. It was also the title of a pamphlet he wrote at 24. During the Great Depression, the American labor movement was at a crossroads. Unions, once seen as radical threats, gained momentum as workers sought relief from economic hardship. Yet, the wraith of anti-union sentiment loomed large.

Nov 27, 2024 | nextbigideaclub.com | Rita Omokha |Michael Morris |Auden Schendler |Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian is a journalist whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, New York magazine, the London Review of Books, and other publications. She is a 2024 New America National Fellow, has worked as an editor at The Nation, an opinion editor at Al Jazeera America, and a reporter for Reuters. There is a parallel world hiding in plain sight: above, beneath, between, and within territorial nation-states.

Nov 20, 2024 | lithub.com | Rita Omokha

In every era, young Black activists have been the vanguard in the struggle to make American democracy more inclusive and representative. Their activism has not only shaped the trajectory of this nation but has served as a relentless demand for America to confront its contradictions and live up to its ideals.

Nov 13, 2024 | thefreelibrary.com | Rita Omokha

* ResistBy Rita OmokhaBLACK HISTORYFrom the Scottsboro Nine to Black Lives Matter, Black youth have positioned themselves at the center of the battle for civil rights for the past 100 years. In Resist: How a Century of Young Black Activists Shaped America (St. Martin's, $29, 9781250290984), award-winning Nigerian American journalist Rita Omokha makes an unwavering push to put these young Americans' stories at the forefront of the public record.

Oct 3, 2024 | theguardian.com | Rita Omokha

Government-sanctioned slavery still exists in California. The state is one of 20 where incarcerated people can be forced to work against their will. But if it’s up to the assemblymember Lori Wilson and the state’s legislative Black caucus, that will come to an end in November.