racism
Tens of thousands mark Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” voting rights march
March 9, 2015America's racial history "still casts its long shadow upon us," Obama said Saturday as he stood in solidarity and remembrance with civil rights activists.
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Remembering women’s history: Lucy Parsons
March 6, 2015Lucy Ella Gonzales Parsons, a working-class leader and spouse of one of the Haymarket martyrs, died March 7, 1942 in Chicago.
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The poisoned cookie of “white skin privilege”
February 23, 2015Progressive people must rise to the challenge. We must make clear to white people that they are being conned by the frontmen of the one percent.
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Today in labor history: Black labor union formed
January 13, 2015On January 13 in 1869 over 200 black delegates met in Washington D.C. to form the National Labor Union; the word "colored" was added by the establishment press.
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Sony emails show Hollywood still has a long way to go on racial equality
December 23, 2014A lot of the focus with this ongoing story has been centered on North Korea, and the fate of "The Interview," yet the emails between those in power at the company have, once again, shone light...
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