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Justice Speaks

By Editorial Board of The Washington Post THE JUSTICE Department said two things about Ferguson, Mo., last week, both of which should make Americans uncomfortable. First, federal officials announced that they did not have evidence showing that police officer Darren … Continue reading

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Hip-Hop Has Gone Global, But Its Still Black Culture

By Suede Jury Damn. My dad loved a lot of music. Thanks to him, all my Sundays still feel like George Benson’s “Breezin” or “Astral Weeks” by Van Morrison. He wouldn’t make a good party DJ though; his mix game … Continue reading

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The left’s racial dilemma: President Obama, Michelle Alexander & the nature of change

By Elias Isquith Earlier this month, I attended a speaking event at Union Theological Seminary, the beautiful and nearly 180-year-old divinity school found on New York’s Upper West Side. The event was part of Union’s “Women of Spirit Lecture” series, … Continue reading

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SAE Proudly Touts Association To The Confederacy On Its Website

By Ian Millhiser Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE), the fraternity that was kicked off of the University of Oklahoma’s campus Sunday night after video emerged of some of its members singing a racist chant that celebrates lynching, proudly touts its history … Continue reading

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Anthony Hill, Unarmed, Naked Black Man, Fatally Shot By Police Near Atlanta

By Reuters * Officer had taser on him at time of shooting * *Man ran at officer, did not stop when ordered to * *Police chief: Man may have had mental illness* A white, Atlanta-area police officer shot dead a naked … Continue reading

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: U.S. Territories

John Oliver is dropping some serious knowledge to us all.

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Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed

By Ari Berman Congress can’t agree on much these days, but on February 11, the House unanimously passed a resolution awarding the Congressional Gold Medal—the body’s highest honor—to the foot soldiers of the 1965 voting-rights movement in Selma, Alabama. The … Continue reading

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In Selma, GOP Lawmakers Explain Why They Don’t Support John Lewis’ Bill To Restore Voting Rights Act

By Alice Ollstein Dozens of members of Congress, and many more Republicans than ever before, came to Selma this week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the infamous attack on voting rights protesters known as Bloody Sunday. Some lawmakers told … Continue reading

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Alabama state trooper who killed black activist in 1965, sparking Selma march is deathly ill and ‘wants nothing to do with all that stuff going on down there’: daughter

By Rich Schapiro James Bonard Fowler won’t be anywhere near Sunday’s march in Selma. The former Alabama state trooper who killed black activist Jimmie Lee Jackson in 1965 — galvanizing the civil rights movement — is deathly ill and “wants … Continue reading

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Colin Powell: ‘I Was Shocked But Not That Surprised’ By Ferguson Report

By Jack Jenkins Former Secretary of State Colin Powell weighed in on America’s ongoing struggles with race on Sunday, saying he was “not that surprised” by reports of racism in local police departments and asking law enforcement officials to do … Continue reading

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