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Michelle Alexander on "Getting Out of Your Lane"
Michelle Alexander, on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, is throwing down the gauntlet. The author of the bestselling book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of...
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The Black Self-Protection Society: Rebellion and Resistance on September 11,...
Felicia GustinThe 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington has brought civil rights struggles past and present into national discourse. And while the country marks the anniversary of September 11th...
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The Government Shutdown: "The Reign of Morons" and Other Commentaries
Felicia GustinThis has never been about Republicans fearing that the Affordable Health Care Act would hurt the people of this country. If they really thought that, they’d let it go into affect without...
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Can Restorative Justice Save Us? A Look at an Alternative to Mass Incarceration
Felicia GustinThe statistics are shameful – some 2.3 million people are locked up in the United States, the highest incarceration rate in the world. Of these, a disproportionate number are Black and...
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“Islamophobia is Part of a Long Colonial and Racist Process:” An Interview...
Felicia GustinIslamophobia is bred from a culture of fear, misinformation and racism. Our society is rife with examples, especially since 9/11 - from stop and frisk policies directed at Muslims to...
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The Revolution will not be televised but it is showing in a multiplex:...
“So the Capitol is kind of like the Art Deco District,” I overheard a young guy saying to his friend as we exited the movie theater following a screening of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.”“No you...
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Three Reasons Why Venezuela Matters
Felicia GustinA lot of people seem confused about what’s happening in Venezuela. We see thousands of protestors facing off with police and soldiers and think popular uprising against government...
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3 Reasons Why U.S. Strikes on Iraq (Again) Are a Terrible Idea
Felicia GustinThe U.S. war machine is on the move. Oh, the tragic irony – the George H.W. Bush warship moves into the Persian Gulf, poised to take military action as the situation in Iraq...
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Raise Your Voice: U.S. Should Condemn Israeli Assault on Gaza and Call for an...
Max Elbaum"In Gaza last night, while Israeli army forces launched military attacks by sea, air and via artillery shells, hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children were unable to sleep inside their...
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What Kind of Ancestors Will We Be?
Felicia GustinI think about the children in Gaza, the children coming across the Mexico - U.S. border, the children without water in Detroit, the children living with violence in Oakland.I think about...
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Stand With Yemen: Enough War!
Since March 26, Yemenis have endured a U.S./Saudi air war and siege, in a conflict that has so far killed at least 1,500 people and displaced 300,000 civilians. We are asking people to send a message...
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