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‘Predictive policing’ is a techno-tool of white supremacy
April 30, 2021Predictive policing is based on the idea that data (say, high levels of unemployment, racism, poverty, and poor education) can predict crime.
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On Workers Memorial Day, honor those lost with a PRO Act win
April 27, 2021April 28th was chosen as Workers Memorial Day because the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was born on that date in 1970.
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Know your enemy: Left strategy in the post-Trump (?) era
April 26, 2021On the terrain of politics, partisans of social justice do not fight capitalism as such. Rather, we contend with specific political actors who have agendas different from ours.
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Jeopardy category is: Reparations for victims of U.S. capitalism
April 22, 2021A House bill to study reparations for slavery, H.R. 40, resurfaced in committee this April and is dusting up old debates about how much is owed, to whom, and who should pay.
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Arab Americans in Chicago seek congressional support for Egyptian human rights
April 21, 2021Chicago’s Arab Americans push for progressive policies both at home and overseas.
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