The Emancipator

Similar to how 19th-century antislavery publications helped to reshape and promote the fight for abolition, The Emancipator focuses on important perspectives, discussions, and research-driven opinions to change the national dialogue on racial equity and promote a fairer society for all. Our platform brings together journalists, scholars, and community members to engage in meaningful conversations. We highlight voices that have often been overlooked in history and today, showing how their insights can guide us toward a better future.

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Fact Check: Are White South African ‘refugees’ fleeing racial persecution?

4 days ago | theemancipator.org | Chandelis Duster |Halimah Abdullah

President Donald Trump met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday in an uncomfortable exchange that highlighted racial and economic power dynamics. Their face-to-face unfolded roughly a week after the first group of White South Africans arrived in the U.S. under a fast-tracked refugee status.
Disability rights activists and scholars warn of eugenics echoes in Trump administration health policies

1 week ago | theemancipator.org | Frankie Huang

President Donald Trump’s administration has laid siege to DEI programs and public health infrastructure and stacked key Cabinet positions overseeing the country’s health and well-being with anti-science cronies. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s regressive views on vaccines and neurodivergence echo eugenics ideals of a dark period in the nation’s history when those who were disabled were seen as defective, subjected to abusive medical procedures, and institutionalized.
Are political deals with the ‘devil’ essential to survival?

2 weeks ago | theemancipator.org | Chandelis Duster

It’s an age-old question: When faced with an onslaught of regressive and racist policies aimed at erasing hard-fought rights and the history of our struggles, how best can we resist and what does it mean to survive? The answers can be found in the wisdom of the abolitionist and civil rights forebears reenvisioned for a modern age. Some activists and leaders look toward the example of those who achieved progress by deftly code-switching to address both sides of the narrative.
Justice Department rolls back police reform days before George Floyd anniversary

2 weeks ago | theemancipator.org | Chandelis Duster

The Justice Department on Wednesday announced it is dismissing lawsuits against the Minneapolis and Louisville police departments, days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. The move ends yearslonginvestigations into several police departments, including the ones being probed for the murder of Floyd and the death of Breonna Taylor, who was killed by a Louisville police officer on March 13, 2020.
Fact Check: Are White South African ‘refugees’ fleeing racial persecution?

2 weeks ago | theemancipator.org | Chandelis Duster |Halimah Abdullah

President Donald Trump is preparing to meet with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday, roughly a week after the first group ofWhite South Africans arrived in the U.S. under a fast-tracked refugee status. This has allowed them to flee what Trump in an executive order called “government-sponsored race-based discrimination.” They skipped ahead of refugees from other countries — many of whom have fled ethnic and religious persecution — and who traditionally wait months for asylum.
Citizenship must remain our birthright

3 weeks ago | theemancipator.org | Jeff Yang

Editor’s Note: This story has updated to reflect the U.S. Supreme Court’s ongoing deliberation over whether lower court judges have the legal right to block President Trump’s executive orders from going into effect. One of the central pillars of what it means to be American is under attack. With a stroke of his pen, President Donald Trump in January issued an executive order that challenges the entitlement to citizenship of all those born within our nation’s borders, without favor or prejudice.
ICE is stepping up raids. Know your rights before they knock.

3 weeks ago | theemancipator.org | Brandon Tensley |Janell Ross

This story was first published by Capital B. As the Trump administration’s deportation efforts continue, here’s a refresher — compiled using information from the Florida Immigrant Coalition, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the National Immigration Law Center — on the rights of migrants. Develop an emergency plan with your family. Memorize what to do, where to go, and whom to call or see if a family member is detained or deported.
Trump’s ‘baby bonus’ perpetuates racist and gendered notions about a woman’s worth

4 weeks ago | theemancipator.org | Chandelis Duster

When I first heard that the Trump administration was considering a $5,000 “baby bonus” for women to have children, I rolled my eyes. While government-funded financial assistance for childbirth may sound good on the surface and be an answered prayer for those longing for motherhood, it is, in fact, a slap in the face to all women, considering the tremendous financial cost of raising a child and the toll childbirth can have on a woman’s body, emotional state, and .
Surviving the culture vulture's bite

4 weeks ago | theemancipator.org | Frankie Huang

There are fierce debates surrounding how cultural appropriation is qualified and judged, but one thing is for certain — it is often the case that the thing that is stolen and subsequently popularized and monetized by the White cultural mainstream is subject to denigration and belittlement when it was practiced and consumed by marginalized communities.
Five years after ‘racial reckoning,’ most say the focus on racial equality did not improve Black Americans' lives, study says

1 month ago | theemancipator.org | Chandelis Duster

This month marks five years since George Floyd was murdered by a White police officer — an internationally condemned act that, coupled with the heightened attention on police brutality and its fatal impact on Black people, was a catalyst in 2020 to the so-called “racial reckoning.” It was an era many hoped would lead the country to make lasting progress toward racial equity.