Albert Bender
LATEST ARTICLES BY Albert Bender
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Nashville axes Columbus Day, will observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead
October 6, 2017Nashville is the first large city and state capital in the South to recognize Indigenous Peoples Day.
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“Trail of Tears Walk” commemorates Native Americans’ forced removal
September 21, 2017It is estimated over 60,000 Native people were driven from their homes and the lands they had occupied for thousands of years. It was ethnic cleansing at its worst.
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Could the Arpaio pardon be Trump’s Waterloo?
September 1, 2017This pardon may prove the straw that broke the camel’s back. A march from Charlottesville to Washington is underway, demanding Trump be removed from office.
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The legacy of Charlottesville: Trump must go
August 28, 2017As a Native in the KKK's birth state, I am enraged when crackpot ideologues proclaim the South is “White Man’s land.” I must remind them that the South is Indian land, as is every inch of...
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Pipeline judge’s decision shows limits of capitalist jurisprudence
July 5, 2017Judge Boasberg will not shut down DAPL in the interim. What kind of sense does that make? A lot if you are a judge who favors powerful oil corporations.
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Judge DAPL, aka Judge Boasberg, sits on pipeline case as oil begins to flow
June 7, 2017In the past few weeks there have been three separate leaks in the tentative pipeline occurring before it was fully operational.
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Police impunity in killings of people of color must end
June 5, 2017Let’s step back in time to chronicle the long record of police impunity for atrocities against people of color to refresh our memories.
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Police murder of people of color is a national crisis
May 15, 2017We don’t know who will be the next victim, but what we do know is that there will be more victims.
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