racism
Court tosses Alabama Republicans’ racist re-districting map — again
September 6, 2023The Voting Rights Act’s requirement for “pre-clearance” on voting changes in states with histories of discrimination—which the Supreme Court gutted—would have prevented the whole mess.
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Exclusive: AFGE’s Kelley uses experience with racism to help others
August 30, 2023Leader of government workers shares his experience with racism which he says he first encountered at age of 3.
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Jacksonville mourns victims of white supremacist gunman, boos racist Republican Ron DeSantis
August 28, 2023Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—who’s running for the GOP nomination, who has loosened gun laws in Florida, and who has antagonized civil rights leaders by deriding “wokeness”—was loudly booed as he addressed a vigil.
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At March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement
August 25, 2023From neighborhood redlining and job discrimination to healthcare disparities and incarceration, racism has proven to be the most effective tool to uphold an unjust capitalist system.
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Manifestantes llegan a Washington para conmemorar la marcha de King de 1963
August 24, 2023WASHINGTON—El 26 de agosto, nuevamente en el Monumento a Lincoln, habrá otra marcha masiva en Washington, tal como la hubo en 1963. Organizada por el Drum Major Institute, que encabeza la familia King, y la Red...
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