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Racism
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Michael Brown and the United States’ Structural Violence Epidemic
Disproportionality in police use of force against Black Americans persists and cannot be tolerated.
New Orleans’ New Civil Rights Leaders
Like many cities in the South, New Orleans has a proud history of civil rights leadership - along with an equally grim history of civil rights violations.
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The Caveats of Ferguson and the Murder of Michael Brown
Why must one, in America, be confined to a living space that is essentially occupied by law enforcement because they are perceived as “dangerous animals”?
The New York Times Discovers Ukraine’s Neo-Nazis at War
Throughout the Ukraine crisis, the US State Department and mainstream media have downplayed the role of neo-Nazis in the US-backed Kiev regime.
“Stop Fearing Our Children”: Why Juvenile Incarceration Needs to Go
In this interview, Nell Bernstein, author of “Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison,” takes on the question: Why are we locking up children at all?
The Killing of Michael Brown: Missouri Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Teen Sparks Days of Protests
Protesters in St. Louis, Missouri, are demanding justice in a police shooting that killed an unarmed African-American teen.
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Blacked Out: “You Must Consider What Happens to a Life Which Finds No Mirror”
The narrative of the US remains a redacted myth, names and lives blacked out.
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Michael Brown and Anti-Black Violence
Michael Brown Sr. and Lesley McSpadden, parents of Michael Brown, a teenager killed by a police officer, listen as an attorney speaks during a news conference concerning the death …
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Ebola, Secret Serums and Me
Ebola is no laughing matter. Except, of course, for Monsanto.
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James Baldwin at 90: “‘I can’t believe what you say,’ the song goes, ‘because I see what you do'”
Today, racism is thinly masked, and many refuse to see it.