racism
Baseball’s Larry Doby: #2 but first-class all the way home
April 17, 2018Ask even the most casual baseball fan who the first African American to play in the major leagues was and they'll say "Jackie Robinson." Ask them who the second was and you'll probably get a blank...
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The end of Jim Crow baseball and the rise of Jim Crow football
April 16, 2018Seventy-one years ago, the Daily Worker exposed the “Crimes of the Big Leagues.” Today, with the case of Colin Kaepernick, it's the Crimes of the National Football League.
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‘The Souls of Poor Folk’: Saving the soul of U.S. democracy
April 13, 2018The report is not intended to remain on the shelf as a passive record of injustices. Rather, it is a tool for combating damning myths about poverty and organizing struggle.
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‘Woe unto those who legislate evil’: New Poor People’s Campaign launches
April 10, 2018Organizers plan weeks of peaceful civil disobedience.
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Michael Bennett and things that make the Houston police uncomfortable
April 10, 2018Once again, the legal system is attempting to forcefully silence a voice for change calling for justice for those who deserve it most.
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