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Ending Cuban blockade could improve U.S. health

August 10, 2015 By Larry Rubin

If the current thaw in U.S.-Cuban relations leads to lifting the decades-long blockade, we will have access to life-saving drugs and vaccines now banned in the U.S.

Mass movement the key to voting rights protection

August 6, 2015 By Larry Rubin

Fifty years ago today, thanks to a mass movement started by African American WWII veterans, Voting Rights Act was signed into law.

“Black Lives Matter” dealing with police abuse that is anything but new

August 3, 2015 By Emile Schepers

"When I lived in Delaware and Maryland in the 1960s, societal racism was ugly and obvious to all who had eyes to see."

Ten fateful days in Mississippi, March 1962

July 31, 2015 By Frederic Gordon

"In March 1962 I was a sophomore at Brandeis University, becoming increasingly aware of the broad social movements occurring across America."

Sandra Bland’s only offense was “driving while black”

July 29, 2015 By Rev. Jesse Jackson

The institutionalized prejudices and distorted practices that led to her death are unacceptable in a nation of equal justice under the law.