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Black Lives Matter
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#BlackLivesMatter – Alicia Garza on the Hashtag That Became a Civil Rights Movement
#BlackLivesMatter began before Ferguson.
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From the Steps of the Supreme Court to the Streets of Baltimore
If police and vigilante forces can kill without consequence, then equality for Black LGBTQ people will always be an illusion.
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On Freddie Gray and the Baltimore Uprising
We still don't know the names of the racist police officers that brutally murdered Freddie Gray. All we know is that they have been suspended with pay. We are …
Baltimore, Country at a Critical Juncture
Our country is at a critical juncture. Since the beginning of this year alone, a Black person has been killed by police at the rate of one every eight …
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The Baltimore Rebellion and Newton’s Third Law of Motion
The Baltimore Rebellion follows the natural laws of physics, Newton's Third Law of Motion and it is the language of the unheard.
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Why Should We Care?
Surely one of the questions that comes to mind as we read the various commentaries on the skirmish between Cornel West and Michael Eric Dyson is "Why Should We …
Judge’s Ruling in Rekia Boyd Case Sparks Outrage, Protests
The surprise ruling in the trial of Dante Servin, a Chicago Police officer who shot and killed 22-year old Rekia Boyd on Chicago's West side in 2012, sparked a …
Black Lives Matter: Let the Students Speak, Let Her Teach
I thank you for following your educational mission and engaging in this humanistic endeavor while valuing "intelligent dissent [over] passive agreement," to quote Bertrand Russell.
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Confronting Brunch
Black Lives Matter and brunch collide in an analysis of the social and political meanings of the meal.
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This 4/20 Should Be a Wake-Up Call to End the Racist “War on Drugs“
The "war on drugs" is a war on people.