racism
Lincoln’s fiery trial was America’s too
January 6, 2011Book review: Eric Foner's "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery."
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Scott sisters freed!
January 4, 2011Jamie and Gladys Scott received the news on December 29 that their 16-year prison ordeal was over at last: Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour commuted their double-life sentences and ordered them out of prison. They were originally...
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Which way forward for the left
December 22, 2010After the midterm election, there is a vigorous debate taking place among left and progressive people about which way forward. Here is a contribution from Communist Party leader Jarvis Tyner.
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Richard Nixon’s tapes and the psychology of division
December 20, 2010New tapes from the Nixon White House show Nixon's pathologic prejudices against virtually every ethnic group, particularly his crude anti-Semitism.
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Death penalty, shot through with racism, cannot be fixed
December 6, 2010Justice John Paul Stevens say capital punishment is "shot through with racism, skewed toward conviction, infected with politics and tinged with hysteria." It's past time to end the practice.
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