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Black Panthers’ Fight For Free Health Care Documented in New Book
Alondra Nelson's book
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Naughty Nuns, Bad Bankers and Ballot Bandits
In a return to Jim Crow vote suppression tactics, Judge Richard Posner's Voter ID law has kept 72,000 black voters from the polls.
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Freeing Marissa Alexander
In 2012, Marissa Alexander was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a gun at the ceiling to prevent her estranged husband from attacking her.
Ali: “You Must Listen to Me”
From March 1967 to October 1970, Muhammad Ali lived in America the Beautiful, not as a free man, but as the embodiment of Baldwinu2019s declaration in 1972.
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On Gratitude and Grievance: Rethinking Sikh Politics in the US
The Sikh community must see itself as part of a longer history of anti-racist struggle.
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Let’s Stop Starving Drug Offenders Back to Prison
Many states ban stamps for ex-prisoners, who face a 50% unemployment rate, making prison the only sure place they won't starve.
“Dramatic, Painful” Government Shutdown Disproportionately Impacts Working Poor, People of Color
As negotiations remain stalled, Imara Jones of Colorlines.com looks at who is being hardest hit by the shutdown.
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Stop Oppressing Our Youth
We cannot blame the individual when it is clearly the system that doesn't work.
Communities Fight Back Against “Racist” DC School Closures
Rania Khalek: School closings in DC and across the country have not improved educational outcomes.
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Uniting to Win: A Review of Chris Crass’ “Toward Collective Liberation“
A new book specifically targets white males to recognize their privilege and help eliminate it.