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Justice for Trayvon Martin
July 16, 2013After the acquittal of Trayvon Martin's admitted killer George Zimmerman, America found itself confronting the long-standing flaw in the democratic promise of "justice for all": race and racism.
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Toshi Seeger, mother, activist, filmmaker, dies at 91
July 12, 2013The wife of Pete Seeger passed away overnight on July 9th. She was a mother, organizer, activist, filmmaker, and essential part of her husband's work.
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When capitalism can’t
July 3, 2013Today, there are hundreds of millions of people around the world who are and remain permanently in the "reserve army of the unemployed."
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Paula Deen, Inc. filled America with junk food
July 1, 2013Paula Deen lived by the cleaver and she died by the cleaver. She skyrocketed to fame and fortune based on a caricature.
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Supreme racism tramples democracy in voting rights
June 28, 2013The 30-year project of the Republicans and ultra-conservatives to crush civil rights took a qualitative leap forward when the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in a 5-4 decision announced on June 25.
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