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What Blackout Tuesday Can Teach Us About Virtue Signaling
Looking back at the widely criticized black square campaign reveals what the actual risks (and occasional rewards) are to sharing our moral beliefs online
Shayla Love
5.25.21
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Facial Recognition Is Racist. Why Aren’t More Cities Banning It?
Pockets of cities and states around the United States have banned police use of facial recognition, but progress is slow.
Todd Feathers
5.25.21
Nicaragua

Nicaragua's First Black Presidential Candidate Keeps Getting Targeted by the Cops
George Henríquez is making history as he fights for the rights of marginalized Black and Indigenous populations of the Atlantic Coast.
Nathaniel Janowitz
5.25.21
rights

Here’s What the Movement to 'Defund the Police' Actually Won
Organizers around the country point to huge shifts in public perception—and gradual changes in policy—as this year's victories.
Katie Way
5.25.21
identity-culture

For Diversity Consultants, the Past Year Has Been a Roller Coaster
Experts in addressing racism and bias in the workplace have been very, very busy.
Natelegé Whaley
5.25.21
Belgium

Belgium Toppled Statues of Its Racist Former King. Then What?
King Leopold II's policies in the Congo were so brutal that they appalled even the colonisers of the day. Last year Belgium finally started facing up to this period in its history by removing statues and renaming roads, but to many it is not enough.
Steve Wembi
5.25.21
premier league

English Football Has a Long Way to Go Until Black Lives Matter
The world's most-watched sports league has work to do.
Keanu Rattray
5.25.21
housing

How the UK Housing System Disproportionately Affects People of Colour
From racism on spare room sites to housing policies that overwhelmingly affect Black people, the UK’s housing system is broken.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
5.25.21
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How Protest Art Preserved Last Summer’s Protests
Activists and academics in Minnesota have spent the last year saving street art that was made in response to Black Lives Matter protests.
Leah Feiger
5.25.21
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A year after the murder of George Floyd, VICE reached out to activists, politicians, artists, and others we've spoken to in the past.
VICE Staff
5.25.21
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‘An Honest Beginning’ With a Tragic End: The Legacy of the Kerner Report
In 1968, a commission identified white racism as the main cause of civil unrest. More than 50 years later, we're still wrestling with this finding.
Aaron Gordon
5.25.21
Racial Justice

A Year Ago, the ‘Big Three’ Record Companies Pledged $225 Million to Racial Justice. Where Did It Go?
Universal, Sony, and Warner have paid out just a portion of the money they promised to give, VICE found—revealing a disconnect between how they’ve publicly characterized their donations and what’s really happening behind the scenes.
Drew Schwartz
5.25.21
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