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Free Jose Antonio Vargas!!!
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/documented-writer-and-director-jose-antonio-vargas-during-a-news-photo/487742229 The government bided its time to detain Mr. Vargas. Its reprehensible since the issue affects my Black and Brown brothers and sisters Congress ignores and delays the issue. It is long overdue for the American government to face the … Continue reading
How we get Dr. King wrong: “We’ve deliberately dismembered him,” Michael Eric Dyson tells Salon
By Josh Eidelson “In the last thirty years we have trapped King in romantic images or frozen his legacy in worship,” Michael Eric Dyson wrote in his 2000 book “I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, Martin Luther King, Michael Eric Dyson, MLK, race
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4 Ways Martin Luther King Was More Radical Than You Thought
By Igor Volsky Every January, Martin Luther King, Jr. is universally honored as a national hero who preached a peaceful fight against racial injustice. This saintly image is quite a departure from the kind of attacks the reverend endured over … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, Dr. Martin Luther King, inspiration, jobs, justice, poverty, race, revolutionary, social justice
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The Myth Of The Absent Black Father
By Tara Culp-Ressler The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published new data on the role that American fathers play in parenting their children. Most of the CDC’s previous research on family life — which the agency explores … Continue reading
If you’re white, that joint probably won’t lead to jail time
By Stacey Patton and David J. Leonard Has the new year started out on a high or a drugged-out low? The decriminalization of marijuana in Washington and Colorado has been heralded as the end of prohibition — and alternately lamented as … Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado, crime, decriminalization. cannabis, legalization, marijuana, race, Washington
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America is still a deeply racist country
By Chris Arnade A week after Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, I walked into my old hometown bar in central Florida to hear, “Well if a nigger can be president, then I can have another drink. Give me a … Continue reading
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Tagged Florida, Hunts Point, income inequality, New York, poverty, race, racial inequality, The Bronx, United States, wall street
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The Color of David: Raising Brown Kids in America
By Lucia Brawley I zoomed around the bend with our double stroller, excited to show my girls, three and one, the Baby Jesus sleeping in his manger, surrounded by Mary, Joseph and the wise men on Alhambra Circle in Coral … Continue reading
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Tagged biracial, children, motherhood, parenting, parents, race
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50 Years After Freedom Summer, America Needs a Revived Movement for Racial Justice
The Editors On the last Tuesday in June, six-term Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran narrowly won a hard-fought Republican run-off election against his virulently anti-government Tea Party challenger, Chris McDaniel. The reason, the pundits quickly concluded, was an unprecedented surge in … Continue reading →