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Affirmative Action Ruling Will Further Racial Inequality
Bruce Dixon: The Supreme Court decision furthers institutional advantages of whites under the guise of colorblindness.
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Privatized Suffering
Americans are buying into politicians like Hilary Clinton, despite their moral transgressions.
From the War on Poverty to the War on the Poor
Few mainstream commentators argue that the War on Poverty did not go far enough, or that the economic devastation of inner cities and the industrial heartland have structural economic …
Jim Crow in the Classroom: New Report Finds Segregation Lives on in US Schools
As the US Supreme Court upholds a ban on affirmative action in Michigan and the country marks 60 years since Brown v. Board of Education, Democracy Now! interviews ProPublica's …
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The Brief Life and Times a Nigger from Palestine
By treating the needs of the people as holy, Jesus and his followers troubled religious and political elites conception of themselves.
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Chris Hedges | The Rhetoric of Violence
Chris Hedges: Chauvinism, violent retribution, a perverted Christianity and the celebration of a mythic Anglo-Saxon history will sever sections of the population from reality, enticing them into an American …
“There’s a Muslim in America Named Muhammad Ali”
Documentary film forces viewers to cope with a black man who floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee in a white world.
Was Kansas Shooting Avoidable? White Supremacist was Ex-Informant with Criminal Past and Hateful Views
Notorious white supremacist Frazier Glenn Miller has been charged with killing three people at two Jewish community sites in Kansas. Miller has openly railed against Jews and African Americans …
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Season of Emancipation
The exodus from Egypt may have taken 40 years, but chains of slavery are far-reaching, and the struggle for justice and liberation is long.
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Wahoo! It’s Indian Summer
It's beyond odd that Indians fans are having this debate in 2014. And getting emotional about whether or not the Chief Wahoo logo is or is not offensive.