racism – Page 171 – People's World

Two new films tackle race in depth

October 28, 2014 By Bill Meyer

"The Evolution of Bert" is a labor of love, "Dear White People" is bold and challenging.

Mother arrested while standing and waiting for family

October 22, 2014 By Libero Della Piana

Absurd and humiliating acts of police overreach have become familiar; there are incidents of false arrests, harassment, and use of force against innocent victims by the police daily.

Trumka backs measure to limit crimes classified as felonies

October 14, 2014 By Cathy Deppe

He stressed that mass incarceration of people of color is not a result of a higher crime rate, but of laws that criminalize a whole class of people.

Fast food workers to travel to Ferguson for weekend protests

October 9, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Members of the Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago will travel with other community groups to Ferguson, Mo., on Friday, October 11.

Teaching Tolerance hosts webinar with “New Jim Crow” author Michelle Alexander

September 25, 2014 By Michelle Kern

Released in 2010, "The New Jim Crow" outlines the use of the justice system in the United States as a form of racial control that especially impacts young African American males.