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DrewChristopher Joy on White Racial Justice Organizing in Maine in Black Lives Matter Times
Organizer DrewChristopher Joy talks about the challenges of inspiring working-class Whites in Maine to engage in the racial justice fight.
Forty Acres and a Mule Would Be at Least $6.4 Trillion Today: What the US Really Owes Black America
This infographic lays out the case for reparations.
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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.
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Imagining Social Justice as a Communal Process
Hate violence is inextricably bound to broader social and political systems.
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My Intersectional Life
We are all intersectional. Feel the lines of humanity zing through you. Resist images and ideas that fuel distrust and despair. Light the path to recovery.
No Second Chances When It Comes to Housing
Advocates are organizing against what they say is an overlooked civil rights issue: the exclusion of ex-offenders from public housing.
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Fifty Years Ago Oppression Was Obvious: The Selma Diaries
It's been said that the devil's greatest trick is convincing the world that he doesn't exist.
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DOJ Report Concludes Ferguson Is Unconstitutional, Racist and Profit-Driven
On Wednesday, the DOJ found that the Ferguson Police Department was poorly trained and racially-biased.
Michelle Alexander: Roots of Today’s Mass Incarceration Crisis Date to Slavery, Jim Crow
Alexander looks at the historical roots of "the new Jim Crow."
Michelle Alexander: Ferguson Shows Why Criminal Justice System of “Racial Control” Should Be Undone
"America are finally waking up," says Michelle Alexander.