Black Lives Matter
A re-radicalized Beethoven ‘Fidelio’ for the Black Lives Matter era
March 1, 2022SANTA MONICA, Calif. — A touring production of Ludwig van Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio has just ended its four-city tour in February, with stops at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Mondavi...
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Juneteenth and the power of Black History
February 23, 2022Black History has the power to uncover the truth and expose the lies about the key contributions Black people have made to winning democratic rights for all, starting with Juneteenth.
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America’s racist prison society produces profits but not safety
February 17, 2022The mass incarceration society isn’t working. Nearly 7 million people are locked up in the U.S., yet crime carries on.
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22-year-old Amir Locke gunned down in latest Minneapolis police murder
February 7, 2022As captured on body cams, police shot Locke three times within nine seconds of entry into the relative’s apartment he was visiting.
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Indiana Senate Republicans push racist crime bills
January 18, 2022Expanding police power and budgets, targeting crime “hot spots,” and increasing the hardships of workers on electronic monitoring—it’s all to be found in the latest GOP proposals.
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