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FBI Director: “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist” – Retired Officers Agree
Evidence is piling up of police officers who use excessive force on non-combative individuals.
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Protests in Brazil and Their Repression
Protesters in Brazil are demanding more as military police violently attempt to control the thousands who have taken to the streets.
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Women in New York State Prisons Don’t Have Enough Sanitary Pads, Suffer Other Daily Indignities
Incarceration violates women's reproductive rights - to say nothing of their dignity and humanity - at every turn.
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Zimbabwe’s Famed Forests Could Soon Be Desert
Zimbabwe's deforestation crisis is linked to several factors.
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US Looks to Detain More Mother, Child Migrants, Sometimes for Months
Some in Congress have proposed measures that might mean more women and children are held or held longer.
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Connecticut Schools Pin Down and Restrain “Staggering” Number of Kids
A new state report found one public school student was restrained more than 700 times in one year.
Some Thoughts on Mercy: An Essay on Race and Redemption
A journey into the world of racial hurt, degradation and separateness holds out the fragile possibility of redemption.
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Debating US Foreign Policy: Where Are the Women?
There's a dearth when it comes to women's voices in US media coverage of foreign policy issues.
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Deep in the Amazon, a Tiny Tribe Is Beating Big Oil
The people of Sarayaku are a leading force in 21st-century indigenous resistance.
Muslim Lives Matter: Loved Ones Honor North Carolina Shooting Victims and Reject Police Dismissal of a Hate Crime
The killings in Chapel Hill have sparked an international outcry, with the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter spreading across social media.