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“Stop Killing Us” Say Strong Youth Leaders in Ferguson, Missouri’s Weekend of Resistance to Police Brutality
Almost 60 days after 18 year old Michael Brown was shot six times and left for 4 hours and 34 minutes in the street in front of the apartment …
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Applauding Black Death in the Hour of Chaos
What does it mean to be willing to die for a cause in a society that already considers you to be hyper-disposable?
Racist Policing in the De Blasio Era: Bill Bratton’s Crusade to Save a Dying Brand
Is New York City Police Department Commissioner Bill Bratton maintaining a debunked policing philosophy for personal financial gain?
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Suit Against Kern County Schools Alleges Disproportionate Discipline for Students of Color
Action follows stories highlighting harsh punishments for blacks, Hispanics.
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Code Black Alert: Slave Patrols Alive and Well Across the US
Using the scientific modality of empiricism, the ability to predict outcomes based upon historic experiences, observations and reality, the murders of Brown, Powell, Myers, Martin, the hundreds and thousands …
Dark Day for Democracy: SCOTUS Allows Racially-Motivated Disenfranchisement of Texas Voters
Despite uncontested findings of purposeful discrimination in the GOP law, strict new Photo ID restrictions allowed to take effect.
Target Practice
We were curious about the war, and almost old enough to fight.
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Things to Avoid Saying About Ferguson and Shaw if You Don’t Want to Sound Racist
The shooting deaths and protests in Ferguson and St. Louis have brought a lot of emotions to the surface. Some of our opinions may not be as open-minded as …
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From Chicago to Geneva, a Call for Police Accountability for Violence and Torture
We Charge Genocide, a coalition of Chicago activists, is turning outside the US criminal justice system to force accountability for police misconduct by taking their complaints to the United …
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Being Wrong About Islam Is Not Progressive
White privilege allows whites to never associate with radical acts, let alone need to disassociate.