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Racial Justice
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Racial Discrimination Exacerbates Inequality for Americans of All Races
America has the highest incarceration rate worldwide due to the routine infliction of draconian punishments.
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Burying Our Babies: Letter From Los Angeles to Ferguson
Like Michael Brown we were college-bound, guilty until proven innocent, living in the shadow of death and the violent territorialization of the black body.
A.A. (Afro Anonymous) aka “In Recovery” aka WARdrobe
Poetry by Hakim Bellamy
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Why the People of Ferguson Can’t Trust the Cops
Several African-American men share with Truthout their stories of abuse at the hands of police, and after 12 days of continuous demonstrations against the shooting of an unarmed teen, …
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No Rights That a White Man Is Bound to Respect: The Occupation and Ethnic Cleansing of Africa-America
The persistence of the Ferguson uprising has the signature of something larger and deeper.
Ferguson Shows Failed US Policy and the Black-White Housing Gap
Despite rosy reports in the media about the end of the national foreclosure crisis and the recession that followed, all is not well in our inner cities and suburbs …
Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas and Jail: Ferguson Police Crack Down on Journalists Covering Protests
Protests over the fatal police shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown have continued for a 10th night in Ferguson, Missouri.
Understanding the Ferguson Riots as a Symptom of Violence
In the aftermath of the shooting, mainstream media outlets and the Twitterverse alike have condemned the riots and looting that followed a vigil for Brown on Monday night.
Long a Force for Progress, a Freedom Summer Legend Looks Back
Georgia Congressman John Lewis talks about what changed, and didn't, because of the movement he helped to lead 50 years ago.
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The Oscar Grant Effect: On Michael Brown and Institutional Racism in America
Who's shaping the “official” story?