racism
Brazil approves racial equality law, but “much yet to do”
July 30, 2010Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva signed the "Statute of Racial Equality."
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Policing by skin color
July 29, 2010Nearly 9 out of 10 people in New York City charged in marijuana arrests are Black or Latino, even though whites are the heaviest users of pot.
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House to vote on crack-cocaine sentencing laws
July 28, 2010The House of Representatives may take action this week to drastically reduce inequality in sentencing between crack and powder cocaine users.
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NAACP takes lead on Oct. 2 jobs march
July 27, 2010Mobilization is under way for a massive national march and rally Oct. 2 in Washington, to demand jobs, immigration reform and funding for education and health care.
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Sherrod, Obama, and the strength of roots
July 24, 2010How would members of the Obama administration have reacted to racist pressure from the Deep South in the early '60s?
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