racism
Real patriotism and the 4th of July
June 30, 2011Real patriotism requires coming to terms with the grimmer side of American history.
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In Uganda and America, pleas to save mothers’ lives
June 17, 2011Hundreds demonstrated outside the Constitutional Court, asking it to declare that Ugandan mothers dying in childbirth represent a violation of the right to life.
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Protests greet release of Oscar Grant’s killer
June 14, 2011Hundreds marched peacefully to protest the release from prison of Johannes Mehserle, former BART police officer who killed passenger Oscar Grant III, after Mehserle had served just one year in prison.
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Exonerated political prisoner, Geronimo Pratt, dies in Tanzania
June 9, 2011Geronimo Pratt, a former leader of the Black Panther Party falsely accused, then imprisoned for 27 years, died June 3 in Tanzania.
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Equal and quality education? It’s about the money
June 8, 2011If we want to preserve America's status as a world leader, we had better start pouring money into preparing poor kids for leadership.
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