Truthout
Racism
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White House Refuses to Meet With Grieving Black Mothers Whose Sons Were Executed by Cops
The activists are committed to sustained actions around the DOJ and its leaders until indictments are rendered.
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Red Love: Toward Racial, Economic and Social Justice
Racism exacerbated by a capitalist production process poisons our society. The antidote is red love.
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Prosecute the Prosecutors: A Way to Justice in Staten Island, Ferguson and Cleveland
Prosecutors are rarely charged criminally, and even more rarely convicted criminally by reluctant courts who work with them, but it can and should happen when merited.
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Something’s Happening Here: Michael Brown and Willie Horton
In 1986, a black Massachusetts prisoner serving a life sentence for murder brutalized a Maryland couple during a weekend furlough. The prisoner's name was Willie Horton. During the 1988 …
Amid Justice Department Investigations, Protesters Call Out Cleveland Police Murders
As national protests continue, activists and concerned residents in Cleveland are calling for police accountability.
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“Forgiveness Is Liberating”: Desmond Tutu on Healing a Nation’s Racist Past
Today, South Africa's healing process is a beacon of hope for the United States.
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Connecting Police Violence Against People of Color and People With “Mental Illness“
Racism intersects deeply with discrimination and violence against people of all races who are perceived as unstable or “mentally ill.”
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Dan Berger Illustrates Centrality of Prison to Civil Rights Struggle
Author Dan Berger shows how prison and carceral violence fit into structural US racism and the Civil Rights movements of the 1960s in ‘Captive Nation.’
Convicted With No Evidence by an All-White Jury, Black Community Leader Rev. Edward Pinkney Faces Life in Prison
Rev. Edward Pinkney faces life in prison on charges many claim are trumped up.
Grieving Mothers Come to Washington, DC to Meet With President and Attorney General Arrest(s) to Occur
It's time to end policies and attitudes that have created and encouraged a culture of militant combat officers instead of peace officers.