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Resisting Foreclosure: Rising Up for a Dream Called Home
“Can a society truly be a democracy if housing is not considered a right?” Laura Gottesdiener tells Truthout reagarding her new book.
Scot Nakagawa: Civil Rights Are for Everyone
Scot Nakagawa talks with Truthout about the impediments to American people getting real about rights.
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50 Years After the March on Washington, John Lewis Is Still Marching for Justice
The extraordinary career of Congressman John Lewis is an inspiration to all.
Landmark Decision: Judge Rules NYPD Stop and Frisk Practices Unconstitutional, Racially Discriminatory
In a landmark decision today, a federal court found the New York City Police Departmentu2019s highly controversial stop-and-frisk practices unconstitutional.
Eric Holder’s Reforms to Minimum Drug Sentencing Don’t Address Structural Racism
Retired Veteran Police Officer Jack Cole: Holder falls short of addressing racist criminal justice system that has incarcerated more than 2 million Americans.
The Continuing US War on the Darker Skinned
US militarism is systematically racist, and the liberal media fail to connect the dots, says Adam Hudson.
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Criminalization, Race and Food Access in a Time of Hyper-Afrophobia
The right to access quality food is profoundly connected to the rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. People of color should enjoy all these rights, but …
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The Trouble with Suspicion and Racial Profiling
u2018These assholes. They always get away.u2019 These were some of George Zimmermanu2019s last words before he decided-against the advice of a police dispatcher- to follow Trayvon Martin because he …
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Australia’s Election Campaign Driven by Barbarism That Dares Not Speak its Name
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, using the fear card to gain reelection.
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Obama Is Complicit in Nation’s Violent, Discriminatory Behavior, Laws
The George Zimmerman verdict indicates a need for more than personal soul-searching by Americans. A national conversation about racism is warranted.