racism
Repeating racist fears of lawlessness in New Orleans after Ida
September 2, 2021The focus on looting seems both shortsighted and insignificant in the face of risks of illness and death.
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‘Fearing the Black Body’ uses history to dismantle fat phobia, health inequality
September 2, 2021Strings does a fine job of collecting all of this material for the reader to take in, but her voice gets lost in all the facts and data. At times, 'Fearing the Black Body' reads like...
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Black farmers were promised debt relief; white farmer lawsuits stand in way
September 2, 2021The government wants to make amends with Black farmers by providing debt forgiveness. But a judge has put the money on hold in the face of lawsuits filed by white farmers claiming reverse discrimination.
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Masses march on D.C. for voting rights
August 30, 2021The objective: Force Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the For the People Act.
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‘Civil War’: An American contest that has never come to an end
August 27, 2021That is one of the main takeaways from this project: Even historical fact has a hard time dislodging hardened, though discredited opinion.
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