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Trump ban on benefits to immigrants resurrects old discrimination
October 2, 2018In Texas and other southern states until the 1960’s, almost anyone caught without $5 in his or her pocket could be declared a vagrant and put to work on a chain gang.
Read moreTwo Alabama health agencies face federal bias complaint over sewage problems
October 1, 2018The Alabama Department of Public Health and the Lowndes County Health Department are facing a federal civil rights complaint that alleges both agencies discriminated against African-American residents of Lowndes County, Ala.
Read moreDemonstrators hit the streets as Senate panel rams through Kavanaugh
September 28, 2018Republicans are trying to rush a vote on Kavanaugh's confirmation but there is resistance inside the Senate and outside resistance is engulfing the nation.
Read moreVan Dyke defense still trying to put Laquan McDonald on trial
September 27, 2018Trying to shift focus off their client, the defense called up several witnesses to testify on McDonald’s troubled past.
Read moreMurder of Laquan McDonald trial continues in Chicago
September 26, 2018Frank Chapman, the national field organizer of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression compares this situation to the widespread lynchings not too long ago in U.S. history. Peoples World interviewed Chapman at his group’s...
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