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State Legislatures Reveal a Lot About Racism in America
By Charles D. Ellison Look a little closer and you’ll find that state legislatures are some of the most unapologetic cesspools of racism in America. Which is one reason some of us cringe at that familiar concept called “states’ rights.” … Continue reading
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Tagged government, issues, law, life, race, racism, state legislatures, United States
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Kids Respond to Child Hunger
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Tagged children, food, food insecurity, kids, poverty, United States
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9 Things Many Americans Just Don’t Grasp (Compared to the Rest of the World)
By Alex Henderson To hear the far-right ideologues of Fox News and AM talk radio tell it, life in Europe is hell on Earth. Taxes are high, sexual promiscuity prevails, universal healthcare doesn’t work, and millions of people don’t even … Continue reading
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Tagged global, government, life, politics, society, United States, world
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A Teen Dies After Police Encounter on NYC Subway
By Aaron Miguel Cantu One evening almost two years ago, a young couple walked hand in hand to a subway station in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. The girl, Hesha Sanchez, 17, wasn’t carrying her fare card, but she wanted … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn, Deion Fludd, New York Police Department, NYPD, race, United States
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Voting Rights, by the Numbers
By The Editorial Board of the NY Times When the Supreme Court struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, its main argument was that the law was outdated. Discrimination against minority voters may have been pervasive … Continue reading
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Tagged elections, minority voters, Supreme Court, United States, voting, Voting Rights Act
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The True Cost of Gun Violence in America
By Mark Follman, Julia Lurie, Jaeah Lee, James West, based on research by Ted Miller It was a mild, crystal clear desert evening on November 15, 2004, when Jennifer Longdon and her fiance, David Rueckert, closed up his martial-arts studio … Continue reading
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Tagged business, economy, gun violence, guns, society, United States
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Crack, The CIA And Black America’s Drug Crisis
By Charlene Muhammad The film “Kill the Messenger” rekindled interest and outrage over CIA ties to drug trafficking and the 1980s crack cocaine epidemic that devastated neighborhoods, destroyed families and led to the imprisonment of thousands from Black communities across … Continue reading
For U.S. Women, Inequality Takes Many Forms
By Ariel Smilowitz The gender wage gap is a complex problem, and we’ll need to address factors like race and region to solve it. Although we are only a few months into 2015, it has already proven to be a … Continue reading
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Tagged income disparity, income inequality, jobs, money, politics, United States, wages
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Unlike Gwyneth Paltrow, millennials understand the reality of food stamps
By Jana Kasperkevic If she was true to her word, Gwyneth Paltrow should be finishing up her food stamp challenge having spent a week trying to survive on $29 worth of food. Alana Folsom, a twentysomething graduate student, knows something … Continue reading →