Al Neal
LATEST ARTICLES BY Al Neal
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Black Lives Matter takes center ice in a historic moment for the NHL
August 5, 2020In times of desperation, you find the oddest couplings and strangest bedfellows.
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Iconoclash: Removing racist monuments doesn’t erase history
July 23, 2020For as quickly as empires rise and fall—and fall they will—so too fall their monuments, statues, artwork, and gods.
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‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘Show Me $15’ ring out at St. Louis strike
July 21, 2020Striking workers and activists took to the streets—either with their cars or their feet—and rallied outside a McDonald's store.
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Trump defends Confederate flag, attacks NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace
July 7, 2020It should come as no surprise that the ringleader of our absurd social, economic, and political circus, Donald J. Trump, still has a few racist tricks up his oversized sleeves.
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COVID-19 and on-campus racism create hurdles for college football
June 30, 2020This COVID-19 health and safety uncertainty has left players and their families with several unanswered questions, and wondering why there should even be a season; why should their kids risk their health?
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Pain, hope, change: Boarded-up buildings become canvases for radical art
June 29, 2020Activist artists transform sealed businesses into public art broadcasting a message of resilience and social transformation.
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Federal authorities say ‘no hate crime’ in NASCAR noose incident
June 25, 2020“The news has disturbed us all, and of course we want justice and know who and why."
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[Spoiler-free] Review: ‘Da 5 Bloods’ reclaims narrative of Black soldiers in Vietnam
June 25, 2020If, as a civilian observer, you find it important to experience the realities and complexities of war and racism, then Spike Lee’s latest film Da 5 Bloods is required watching.
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