U.S.
Honoring MLK, hundreds in Hartford demand end to inequality
April 5, 2017The event was one of “Fight Racism, Raise Pay” actions across the country. Thousands of workers fighting for $15/hour and union rights joined together with racial justice activists in the Movement for Black Lives.
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Beyond Vietnam: A time to break silence
April 4, 2017Dr. King’s warning was prescient regarding choices America still must make in the age of Trump.
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“Bodies in Beds” exposes private prison industry
April 3, 2017The for-profit prison industry is only interested in maximizing the number of people it has in prisons, not in rehabilitating them.
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Solitary confinement: Prisoners and advocates target an unjust practice
March 31, 2017Outcry against the inhumane punishment of solitary confinement is coming from both policy reform advocates as well as from movements of resistance inside prison walls.
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What really happened to Mike Brown? New questions in Ferguson
March 29, 2017New information is surfacing that suggest that what we thought we knew about the fatal August 9, 2014 encounter may be wrong.
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