racism
Suit filed to stop Michigan’s emergency manager law
April 2, 2013What is happening in Michigan "is a threat to everyone in this nation," said Al Sharpton. "If you get away with it in Detroit, you can get away with it all over the nation."
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New York City elections hold promise of change
March 21, 2013During the last 20 years of the Giuliani and then Bloomberg administrations, the living standards of the 99 percent have steadily declined, while the wealth of the 1 percent has risen.
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Service employees: Reform must include concerns of black immigrants
March 21, 2013Judith Howell has a message for Congress: Pass comprehensive immigration reform and don't forget or brush aside the concerns of immigrants and their descendants who happen to be black.
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Doctors link childhood trauma, poverty with gun violence
March 19, 2013Chicago has become the national spotlight for gun violence, especially affecting African American teenagers and children.
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Today in women’s history: Long live Fannie Lou Hamer
March 14, 2013On this day in 1977 Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer passed away.
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