racism
Press coverage of declining U.S. life expectancy evades the truth about class
September 28, 2022COVID and racism combine to drag down the number of years Americans live, but what about economic class?
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Prison labor helped build U.S. capitalists’ business empires
September 23, 2022Companies across the South profited off the forced labor of people in prison after the Civil War—a racist system known as convict leasing.
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Poor People’s Campaign’s 400,000-strong network to mobilize five million voters
September 23, 2022Exclusive People’s World interview with Rev. William Barber.
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Party with neo-Nazi roots surges in Sweden; Social Democrats forced out of government
September 16, 2022The Sweden Democrats party was founded in the 1980s by neo-Nazis and violent far-right extremists, and while it has said it has “moved to the mainstream,” fears remain on their views.
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Kevin ‘Rashid’ Johnson, fighter against prison-industrial complex, faces cancer neglect behind bars
September 15, 2022He helped organize a prison strike against harsh conditions, now his health is being neglected. Supporters say it’s retaliation.
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