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Racism
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Brown’s Bittersweet Legacy
Public schools are more segregated today than they've been since 1968.
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Cliven Bundy, Donald Sterling, and the Reality of Racism
It would be easy to attack the offensive comments made by Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling over the past few days, but their comments reflect a dominant train of …
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Crain’s Detroit Business Editor Channels Slave Imagery, Says Detroit Needs ‘Permanent Overseer’
Of all the things they've endured, Detroit residents can now add grotesque racial insensivity from a newspaper editor to their list.
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Bundy’s Friends Have Become the Kochs’ Useful Idiots
Militia groups think they're protecting a humble rancher from a government land grab, but they're actually helping a few robber barons make a land grab of their own.
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The Racists Among Us
Let's not pretend that deadbeat rancher Cliven Bundy and basketball team owner Donald Sterling are the last two racists in America. They have company.
Truthout Interviews Bethania Palma Markus on Racism in the Media
Bethania Palma Markus talks about the “invisible” racism on magazine covers and in news coverage.
Racism and Criminalization in the Media
A recent ‘People’ magazine cover sparks consideration of the hiding-in-plain-sight but never-discussed racism that characterizes the United States and the ways US media subtly sustain that racism.
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Prophecy Delivered! Martin Luther King Jr. and the Death of Democracy
Are we witnessing the death of democracy in the United States that Martin Luther King foretold?
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.