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The United States’ Racial Wealth Divide Is Nothing Short of Shocking
It would take the average black family 228 years to accrue the same amount of wealth that white families have today.
End Price-Gouging on Drugs Developed With Public Dollars
Why should the drug industry be the exclusive financial beneficiary of research that the public helps fund? The public should benefit as well.
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Behind the Scenes at the Lutheran Vote Against the Israeli Occupation
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America has voted to avoid investing in the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Black Lives Matter Movement Resulted From Prosecutor Throwing George Zimmerman Case
This Black life, Trayvon Martin's, did not matter to George Zimmerman, nor law enforcement.
California’s War on the Homeless: From Streetside Attacks to Policies of Dehumanization
Attacks on the homeless are an extension of the state-sponsored violence against a “disposable population.”
“She Led by Transgression”: Margaret Randall on Cuban Feminist Haydée Santamaría
Margaret Randall discusses her new book about legendary Cuban revolutionary feminist Haydee Santamaria Cuadrado.
Wave of Occupations Marks Step Forward for Black Lives Matter
Activists in New York City seeking to defund the police have successfully occupied City Hall Park for more than a week.
New Koch-Funded Group Aims to Promote the “Positives” of Fossil Fuels
Fueling US Forward wants to talk not about statistics, facts and figures, but to reach people's emotions.
Did Federal Agents Spy on Offshore Oil Lease Protesters in New Orleans?
An advocacy group wants to know if federal officials worked with local law enforcement and oil and gas industry insiders to spy on environmentalists.
Immigrant Family Detention Center Made For-Profit Prison Company $1 Billion in No-Bid Deal
The deal was made to deter the arrival of asylum seekers.