racism
Connie Hawkins: Michael before Michael
May 21, 2018One of the greatest players of all time, Connie Hawkins's experience mirrored that of many black athletes whose dreams have been crushed by a racist society.
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Chicago uses “hearing” to tamp down demands for police accountability
May 16, 2018Demands have grown in recent years in the nation’s “second city” after a succession of killings by police that the communities say should never have happened.
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Poor People’s Campaign: Barber says war and racism tightly linked
May 7, 2018Quoting Dr. King in his D.C. speech Sunday night, Barber declared, “A nation that spends more on its military than on social justice is a nation approaching spiritual death.”
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Trump ends TPS for Hondurans; stokes racist frenzy over “caravan”
May 7, 2018Stoking voters’ fears about invasions by dark-skinned foreigners is part of the right wings’ bag of tricks in this election year.
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The real Bosox curse was racism, not the Bambino
May 7, 2018The Boston Red Sox have finally decided to atone for two of the most racist, self-destructive snubs in sports history.
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