racism
‘This Is Not a True Story’ recapitulates anti-Asian micro-aggressions in purgatory
September 28, 2023LOS ANGELES — Western (i.e., Caucasian) artists have a seemingly irrepressible urge to fetishize, generalize, and stereotype all other cultures and people—Indigenous peoples, Asians, Latinos/as, Africans—and even some now regarded as “white” but who were once...
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U.S. poverty is soaring, and it’s easy to see why
September 22, 2023I’ve lived and studied poverty most of my life. But you don’t have to be an expert to see why it’s spiking after lawmakers let antipoverty programs expire.
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Atlanta father Johnny Hollman killed by police on his way home from Bible study
September 22, 2023Daughter hears dad’s last moments over the phone.
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Over 200 bones unearthed and withheld from descendants of a historic Black cemetery
September 21, 2023Real estate developer says the remains are all non-human, but a local coalition wants a second opinion.
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Alabama’s racist redistricting, GOP officials, and right-wing Supreme Court tied together by dark money
September 20, 2023Republican state Attorney General and the GOP-dominated legislature are coordinating with a right-wing network headed by Federalist Society President Leonard Leo.
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