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A celebration of brave hearts and courageous acts
June 17, 2005Brave Hearts, Rebel Spirits By Brook Shelby Biggs Anita Roddick Publications, 2003 Softcover, 251 pp., $15.00 This book is a collection of 33 short biographies about the lives and actions of people who are deeply committed...
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Belafonte, Huffington honored for speaking truth to power
June 17, 2005NEW YORK CITY — “When Martin Luther King Jr. began to respond to the demands for justice, one of the first persons he called upon was Harry Belafonte,” said Andrew Young, a top aide to King,...
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More about white privilege concepts
June 17, 2005The following are reader responses to an article by Sam Webb, “Communists make key points on racism” (PWW 4/30-5/6). A discussion worth continuing By Joel Wendland Sam Webb’s article on the “white privilege” thesis opens an...
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Corporate reparations and transgenerational trauma
June 17, 2005It’s admirable that Wachovia Corp., the nation’s fourth largest bank, under pressure from the cities of Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles, finally revealed and apologized for their role in the heinous transatlantic slave trade. (“Wachovia finds...
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The 800-lb. gorillas: war spending & tax cuts for the rich
June 17, 2005The persistent budget crises in Illinois and Chicago are in large measure created by the Bush administration policies of tax cuts for the very rich, militarization and Iraq war spending that are bankrupting cities, counties and...
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