racism
Don Belton: How homophobia turned love into death
January 25, 2010The mutilated body of Don Belton, an African American English professor at Indiana University, was found in his Bloomington apartment three days after Christmas.
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Black lawmakers and EPA launch environmental justice tour
January 22, 2010The Environmental Protection Agency/Congressional Black Caucus tour kicks off in Mississippi, aiming to "highlight environmental justice challenges faced by Americans in all communities."
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Mumia case receives setback
January 22, 2010A new petition campaign is being organized, calling on Attorney General Eric Holder and President Obama to investigate civil rights violations.
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Racism and counter-revolution: Cuba and Haiti
January 21, 2010U.S. media reports have cast Haitian earthquake survivors as potentially violent. Like Afro-Cuban rebels before them, they were scorned.
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Recent attacks in Europe expose racist underbelly
January 12, 2010Resurgent racism manifested by death threats and violence cropped up last month in Italy and Hungary.
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