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Baltimore’s secret history of death: Racism, corporate greed & the most infamous mass-poisoning in American history
By Adam Gaffney http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/police-helicopter-flies-over-homes-as-people-participate-in-news-photo/472012174 Few now doubt the lethality of inequality. Unequal treatment under the law has resulted in case after case of Black lives lost, whether by gunshot, suffocation, or severed spine. And yet, as tragic as these individual … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, business, corporate greed, health, income inequality, inner-city, lead poisoning, poverty, race, racism, unemployment
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Rage, Race and Rebellion: Class Warfare and Frustration in African American Communities
By Stephen Balkaran Evaluating the series of constant protest throughout the country at times violent, but mostly non-violent has left a deep uncertainty on the role rage, race and rebellion that continue to plague many African American communities. These … Continue reading
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Tagged income inequality, inequality, lack of opportunity, police abuse, poverty, race, stress, unemployment
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In Baltimore we need protest in all its forms. Even joyful ones
By Steven W Thrasher http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/people-hold-hands-during-a-rally-lead-by-faith-leaders-in-news-photo/472082216 Spots of joy are necessary and needed in the seemingly endless fight for justice. In Baltimore on Tuesday night, as the city reeled from how the death of Freddie Gray exposed the violence of a … Continue reading
One Disease Hits Mostly People of Color. One Mostly Whites. Which One Gets Billions In Funding?
By Kiera Butler February 12, 2009, was supposed to be a big day for Carlton Haywood Jr.: The newly minted Johns Hopkins professor was set to travel from Baltimore to New York City to make a presentation at an important … Continue reading
Are We Witnessing the Emergence of A Black Spring?
By Priscilla Ocen & Khaled A. Beydoun http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/detail-view-of-a-mans-shirt-that-reads-black-lives-matter-news-photo/472093764 In the spring of 2010, we witnessed massive protests in the Arab World. The people of Egypt, Tunisia and Libya had enough; they had enough of the violence propagated by the state, … Continue reading
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Tagged #OneBaltimore, Black America, Black Lives Matter, Chicago, civil rights, Cleveland, Ferguson, inequality, life, New York, politics, protests, race, United States
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As Black And Brown People Protest Cop Killings, Whites Don’t See Institutional Racism
By Vanessa Baden Kelly As Freddie Gray was laid to rest, Americans watched as Baltimore residents protested the death of the 25 year old, whose spinal chord “mysteriously” snapped while in police custody–causing his death. On Friday, six officers were … Continue reading
The enduring shame of ‘separate and unequal’
By Katrina vanden Heuvel ` In July 1966, James Baldwin published “A Report from Occupied Territory,” a despairing essay in The Nation contemplating race relations in Harlem and other American cities. Describing the deep sense of alienation and despair in … Continue reading
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Tagged #OneBaltimore, history, inequality, James Baldwin, politics, race, race relations, racism, The Nation
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The Curse of Segregation
By Derek Thompson Baltimore did not need more negative publicity this week. But in a bit of fateful timing, the Equality of Opportunity Project of Harvard University has released two papers concluding that the income mobility for poor children in … Continue reading
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Tagged #OneBaltimore, black, discrimination, race, racism, Segregation, United States
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A Report from Occupied Territory
By James Baldwin On April 17, 1964, in Harlem, New York City, a young salesman, father of two, left a customer’s apartment and went into the streets. There was a great commotion in the streets, which, especially since it was … Continue reading
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Tagged 1966, cities, civil rights movement, Harlem, James Baldwin, race, race relations, United States
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The Big Cases At The Supreme Court That You Haven’t Heard About
By Ian Millhiser The Supreme Court heard this term’s final day of oral arguments on Wednesday, a day that included a truly ghoulish debate over how states can execute death row inmates. By the first days of July, the justices … Continue reading
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