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Rep. Jamaal Bowman speaks during a news conference announcing a resolution to condemn replacement theory outside the U.S. Capitol on June 8, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
News
Politics & Elections

House GOP Unites Against Condemning White Supremacy Behind Buffalo Shooting

The “Great Replacement” theory is a white supremacist ideation that allegedly motivated the mass shooter in Buffalo.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
June 9, 2022
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 8, 2022.
News
Politics & Elections

“This Is About Blood Money”: AOC Slams GOP for Compliance With Gun Lobby

“This is not normal,” Ocasio-Cortez said, showing how gun manufacturers’ power has yielded rampant shootings in the U.S.
by
Sharon Zhang,
Truthout
June 9, 2022
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Joe Manchin
Op-Ed
Education & Youth

Thanks to Republicans and Manchin, We May Get Only “Prayers” as Children Die

There have been more than 550 school shootings in the U.S. since Columbine. There are more guns than people in the U.S.
by
William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
May 25, 2022
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People leave messages at a makeshift memorial near a Tops grocery store in Buffalo, New York, on May 15, 2022, the day after a gunman killed 10 people.
Op-Ed
Racial Justice

“Innocent” White People Are Also Complicit in the Anti-Black Murders in Buffalo

We can’t let the more quotidian operations of whiteness, which feed anti-Black violence every day, off the hook.
by
George Yancy,
Truthout
May 17, 2022
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People gather at the scene of a mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market at Jefferson Avenue and Riley Street on May 16, 2022, in Buffalo, New York.
Interview
Racial Justice

Alicia Garza: “The Shooter Wrote a Manifesto, and My Name Was Included In It”

“White nationalist violence is escalating,” says Black Lives Matter cofounder Alicia Garza. “We need action.”
by
C.J. Polychroniou,
Truthout
May 17, 2022
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Two people embrace eachother at a streetside memorial for the victims of the racist Buffalo, New York, shooting
Op-Ed
Racial Justice

Racist Attack in Buffalo Was Crafted to Terrorize Us. Here’s How We Fight Back.

We must counter racist attacks with a diversity of tactics from community protection to deradicalizing white Americans.
by
Austin C. McCoy,
Truthout
May 16, 2022
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Interview
Racial Justice

India Walton: After Buffalo Mass Shooting, We Must Renew Calls for Reparations

The longtime community activist and former Buffalo mayoral candidate calls for policies to address white supremacy.
by
Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now!
May 16, 2022
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Jeanne LeGall of Buffalo pays her respects at a memorial at Tops Friendly Market on May 15, 2022 in Buffalo, New York, where a white supremacist killed ten people and wounded three others the day before.
News Analysis
Racial Justice

White Supremacist Massacre in Buffalo Shows “Alt-Right” Ideology Leads to Murder

The horrific shooting in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo stems from a long history of anti-Black violence in the U.S.
by
Spencer Sunshine,
Truthout
May 15, 2022
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Student loan borrowers gather near The White House to tell President Biden to cancel student debt on May 12, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
Op-Ed
Economy & Labor

Let’s End the Shame of Student Debt While Calling for Its Cancellation

To reduce income inequality, we need to reject “debt shaming” and insist on cancellation of student debt.
by
India Walton,
Progressive Hub
May 14, 2022
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The Starbucks on Elmwood Avenue, the first company-owned store of the chain to unionize, photographed in Buffalo, New York, on November 16, 2021.
News
Economy & Labor

Starbucks Broke the Law More than 200 Times in Campaign to Bust Buffalo Union

“This complaint fully unmasks Starbucks’ facade as a ‘progressive company,'” said Starbucks Workers United.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
May 7, 2022
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