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Human Rights
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“Freedom Flotilla III” Sails to Break a Shifting Siege of Gaza
Global pressures stemming from the first “Freedom Flotilla” have tempered the ferocity of Israel's closure of the Gaza Strip, but its impact remains severe.
With House Passage of Extreme 20-Week Abortion Ban, GOP Continues Assault on Reproductive Rights
The vote came months after Republicans were forced to withdraw their initial version following dissent from women in their own party.
“By Any Means Necessary”: Remembering Malcolm X on His 90th Birthday
Malcolm X became one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century.
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Stop Using Me as Your Racist Scapegoat
The attitude of Professor Hough shows how deep white supremacy runs and no manner of using Asians as scapegoats can hide it.
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Edmund Perry 30 Years Later: A Harlem Retrospective
Today, you'll pretty much find much of the same on the news - pictures of black males killed by police and uprisings.
Jewish Voice for Peace Speaks on White Racial Justice Organizing in Black Lives Matter Times
The national organization has transformed years of training into its most powerful actions ever to support racial justice organizing.
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Kansas Could Lose Millions for Limiting Welfare Recipients to $25 at ATMs
The first-of-its-kind provision might violate federal law.
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Boatloads of Migrants Could Soon Be “Floating Graveyard” on Southeast Asian Waters
This ship and its desperate human cargo symbolizes the plight of a persecuted people, and the harsh migration policies of a handful of Southeast Asian countries.
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Writing History Before It Happens: Nine Surefire Future Headlines From a Bizarre World
There's a certain repetition factor in our increasingly bizarre US-dominated world that lends predictability to the future.
Black Lives Matter’s Patrisse Cullors on Creating a New Economy of Nonviolence
Black Lives Matter's Patrisse Cullors speaks about her violent childhood and the “economy of violence.”