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100 days for justice: Another weekend of protest hits St. Louis
September 27, 2017Two competing narratives have emerged—one from activists calling attention to police brutality, the other from police justifying their actions on social media.
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“Head of Passes”: A play inspired by Job but without the redemption
September 27, 2017Academy Award winner and playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Head of Passes, i In two acts set in “the distant present, recounts a Black family birthday gathering at the well appointed home of Shelah, the matriarch, at...
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Pro-Confederate demonstration dwarfed by anti-racist response
September 27, 2017The group seemed more interested in hawking Confederate merchandise, depicting once again the ways in which racism and capitalism reinforce one another.
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NFL players’ union defends members in battle with Trump
September 27, 2017Trump claims players are disrespecting the flag and the military, a type of love-it-or-leave-it unquestioning “patriotism” popular with his followers.
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#TakeAKnee: The NFL and the fight against white supremacy
September 26, 2017What Trump’s really up to is stopping any discussion of the pervasive power of racism in this country.
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