The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: The Importance of Athlete Activists
What if, now that athletes have found their voice, they won’t shut up? The genie is out of the locker and no amount of Ace bandages will bind him back to muteness.
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Ferguson Marks Michael Brown Anniversary with Protests – And Silence
Hundreds gathered on the residential side street where Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, was shot dead by a white police officer last August, igniting national unrest and the Black Lives Matter movement.
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#BlackLivesMatter: The Evolution of an Iconic Hashtag
How three friends turned a spontaneous Facebook post into a global phenomenon.
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"It is Our Duty To Fight For Our Freedom" As Mass Arrests In Ferguson Continue
Cornel West was among 49 protesters arrested Monday outside Ferguson police headquarters and others occupied St. Louis city hall, shut down two Walmart stores and disrupted a political fundraiser.
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Weekend of Resistance Becomes Moral Monday As St. Louis Protests Surge
About 500 protesters shouted slogans at riot police in St. Louis overnight into Monday morning near the climax of four days of street rallies and sit-ins over the two police shootings.
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Magazine Publisher Brings Pizza – and Leadership – to Streets Of Ferguson
The shooting of Michael Brown unearthed in Keith Griffin powerful and once-latent feelings about race, community and an individual's responsibility in times of crisis.
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Ferguson’s Citizen Journalists Reveal the Value of Filming the Police
Until police stop treating communities as war zones and people as enemy combatants, keep your phone handy.
