racism
Structural racism remains 50 years after Kerner Commission report
March 7, 2018A new report compares the state of black workers and their families in 1968 with the economic circumstances African Americans face today.
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Notes on the capitalist origins of racial oppression in the United States
March 5, 2018When white people shed exculpatory myths and acknowledge the truth about slavery, they’ve arrived at what descendants of enslaved people know about only too well.
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Honoring Black History Month: “The Children’s March” documentary film
February 27, 2018Dateline Birmingham, Alabama, May 2nd, 1963. One of the most racist and unequal cities in America is witness to an extraordinary show of boldness.
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Trump’s address gets thumbs down from citizens, union leaders, progressives
January 31, 2018Trump painted an “everything is great” picture that is not the reality for most working families.
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Washington football strives to keep its racist name and logo
January 31, 2018Changing a team name and logo doesn’t cure the decades of racism found in our American history, but it would be a start.
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