racism
Trump’s vile and racist remarks confirmed by Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin
January 12, 2018He's denying it now, but everyone present confirms Trump's racist shithole comments.
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Recy Taylor’s legacy and the power of the press
January 12, 2018Oprah reminded us of the case of Recy Taylor. It was in the pages of the Daily Worker that the first #MeToo movement was forged in 1944.
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Historians find parallels between Hitler’s Nazis and today’s “alt-right”
January 11, 2018A panel of historians says there are more parallels than people realize between the U.S. alt-right and the real Nazis—the ones led by Hitler from the 1920s to 1945.
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Remember and rekindle the spirit of the Emancipation Proclamation
January 4, 2018This country paid a terrible price to remove the scourge of slavery and become one nation. At a time when some would drive us apart, it is worth remembering the sacrifice and the triumph.
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Arizona judge: Ban on Mexican-American school programs is racist
January 3, 2018Federal judge says the law was unconstitutional and that officials who had pushed for it had been “motivated by racial animus.”
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