equality
May it displease the court: race and Justice Sotomayor
July 8, 2015The Supreme Court announced it would again hear an affirmative action case in which a white woman claims she was denied admission to the University of Texas because of her race.
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Confederate flag, like the swastika, has no place in our future
June 29, 2015What is behind "Stars and Bars," Calhoun Streets and Robert E. Lee statues-lynchings and mass incarceration, police bullying and murder of African Americans.
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Confederate flags, monuments, going down in wake of massacre
June 26, 2015Politicians across the South are distancing themselves from the Confederate battle flag, but tributes to slaveocracy and its racist legacy persist around the country.
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Today in LGBTQ history: Stonewall Inn made historic landmark
June 24, 2015Today the Stonewall Inn, site of the historic rebellion for LGBTQ rights was made a landmark by New York City's Landmarks Preservation Committee. The vote was unanimous.
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South Carolina murders at Emanuel Church are terrorism, says Jon Stewart
June 19, 2015Jon Stewart describes the murders at South Carolina's Emanuel Church as terrorism plain and simple.
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