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Volunteers help distribute water at the community center at the Asbury United Methodist Church in Flint, Michigan, on October 20, 2020.
News Analysis
Human Rights

Don’t Forget About Flint. The Roots of Its Water Crisis Remain Unaddressed.

Criminal charges and a class-action settlement should not take the spotlight off of the city’s ongoing struggles.
by
Anna Clark,
ProPublica
January 24, 2021
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President Joe Biden prepares to sign a series of executive orders at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office just hours after his inauguration on January 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
News Analysis
Economy & Labor

Biden’s First Days Signal Significant Shift From Trump on Labor and Economy

It’s too early for labor organizers to run victory laps, but Biden’s first few days suggest ambitious plans are ahead.
by
Sasha Abramsky,
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January 24, 2021
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Immigrant rights groups call on the incoming Biden/Harris administration to establish a cut-off date for new comprehensive immigration reform and reverse the xenophobic climate created in the last four years during a rally outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, on January 14, 2021.
News Analysis
Immigration

Biden’s Immigration Declarations Open Up New Political Terrain for Organizers

The U.S. will need to both undo the damage already done by Trump and move away from imperialist foreign policy.
by
José Luis Granados Ceja,
Truthout
January 23, 2021
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Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, speaks at a post-march rally led by family members of victims of police brutality in the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan on July 31, 2020, in New York City.
News Analysis
Prisons & Policing

Eric Garner’s Mother Says We Must Push for Justice That Her Son Didn’t Receive

An international inquiry commission about racist police killings opens with testimony from mothers of the victims.
by
Marjorie Cohn,
Truthout
January 21, 2021
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The Black Panthers' Fred Hampton speaks at a rally in Chicago's Grant Park in September 1969.
News Analysis
Prisons & Policing

New Documents Suggest J. Edgar Hoover Was Involved in Fred Hampton’s Murder

Recently released FBI documents shed new light on the 1969 conspiracy to assassinate Black Panther leader Fred Hampton.
by
Flint Taylor &
Jeff Haas,
Truthout
January 19, 2021
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Civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech on May 17, 1967, at UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza in Berkeley, California.
News Analysis
War & Peace

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a Fierce Critic of US Foreign Policy

Beyond his civil rights leadership, Dr. King also championed the cause of the poor and spoke against the Vietnam War.
by
Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now!
January 18, 2021
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Young students with facemasks stand in a line
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Education & Youth

Charter Schools Movement Sees a Growth Opportunity in Public School Funding Cuts

The pandemic and school privatization schemes continue to bleed students and funding from public school systems.
by
Sarah Lahm,
Independent Media Institute
January 18, 2021
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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, nominee for Secretary of Labor, speaks after being nominated by President-elect Joe Biden at The Queen theater January 8, 2021, in Wilmington, Delaware.
News Analysis
Economy & Labor

Biden’s Labor Secretary Pick Personifies Compromise — That’s Not What We Need

Marty Walsh would be the first labor leader in the position since the ’70s, but he’s also the epitome of a bureaucrat.
by
James Dennis Hoff,
Left Voice
January 16, 2021
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Advocates for the homeless and front line healthcare workers stage a socially distanced protest aimed at speeding up what they say is the city's slow approach to managing COVID-19 in shelters. in Toronto. April 15, 2020.
News Analysis
Human Rights

Homeless Encampment Evictions Highlight the Cruelty of Capitalism Amid COVID

Homeless people are in an impossible position: They’re deprived of housing but barred from sleeping in public space.
by
Azeezah Kanji,
Truthout
January 15, 2021
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A Trump supporter wears a gas mask and holds a bust of him after hundreds stormed stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
News Analysis
Prisons & Policing

At Least 28 Cops Were Attendees at Pro-Trump Rally Preceding Attack on Capitol

One sheriff’s lieutenant described breaking into the Capitol as part of the violent mob as “the best day of my life.”
by
Ella Fassler &
Jonathan Ben-Menachem,
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January 14, 2021
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