Aaron Morrison

LATEST ARTICLES BY Aaron Morrison

• Politics

  

  Amending the 13th Amendment: Lawmakers aim to end legalized prison slavery

  December 4, 2020 By Aaron Morrison

  Sen. Jeff Merkley: 13th Amendment “continued the process of a white power class mistreating Black Americans, creating generations of poverty, family breakup, and mass incarceration."

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• U.S.

  

  Tens of thousands walk off job in ‘Strike for Black Lives’

  July 20, 2020 By Aaron Morrison

  Strikers are demanding sweeping action by corporations and government to confront systemic racism and economic inequality.

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• News

  

  ‘Strike for Black Lives’: Planned July 20 walkout unites BLM and unions

  July 9, 2020 By Aaron Morrison

  Service Employees International Union has partnered with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the American Federation of Teachers, United Farm Workers, the Fight for $15 and a Union, the Poor People's Campaign, and others.

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• Politics

  

  Juneteenth: A day for national action

  June 19, 2020 By Aaron Morrison And Kat Stafford

  "The devaluing of Black lives is built into this American system to the point that the ideas around democracy don't apply to us the same way that they apply to white folks."

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