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Racial Justice
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Doing Ferguson and Baltimore at the Intersection of Racial Oppression and Hopelessness
While matriculating through these oppressed and hopeless spaces, I was awakened to my privilege.
New York Prison Guards Accused of Brutally Killing Prisoner, Covering Up Death
Four months ago, Samuel Harrell died at New York's Fishkill Correctional Facility.
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FreeHer: Formerly Incarcerated Women Build a National Network
Formerly incarcerated women recently gathered to emphasize that it's time the US ended the mass criminalization of Black and poor women.
#BernieSoBlack in the Context of “Confederate Flag Down, Rainbow Flag Up“
The satirical hashtag #BernieSoBlack exposes the problem with equating the same-sex marriage ruling with the symbolic Confederate flag lowering.
How Truth and Reconciliation Commissions Help Heal Wounds From Racial Injustice
Such commissions can help communities heal from a history of racial violence.
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Obama and the Logic of Massacre, From Birmingham to Charleston
President Obama cannot escape the message and the environment his administration has created.
Jews for Racial Justice Move the Conversation About Police Brutality Into White Communities
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice organizes in ways that will keep them strong when the media moves on.
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Police Criminals and the Brutalization of Black Girls
For black girls in the hallowed idyllic spaces that enshrine the privileges of white youth, summer is always over.
South Carolina Massacre: Why Don’t We Call Killing of Nine Black Churchgoers an Act of Terrorism?
Why are so many politicians and much of the media afraid to call the mass shooting an act of terrorism? We discuss the double standards in coverage of shootings …
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White Suspect Identified for Killing of Nine People in Massacre at Black Church
Authorities attempt to identify the white gunman who opened fire in a historic black church in SC Thursday evening.