Aaron Morrison
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Politics
White supremacist propaganda increased in 2020, report says
March 18, 2021White supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report that the Anti-Defamation League provided to The Associated Press.
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News
Data confirms what we already knew: Pandemic hit people of color harder
March 12, 2021“I think what we’re going to see once the dust settles is that the racial wealth gap has actually increased.”
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Politics
Amending the 13th Amendment: Lawmakers aim to end legalized prison slavery
December 4, 2020Sen. 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, 2020Strikers 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, 2020Service 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"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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