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Sandra Bland’s Sister Responds to Suicide Allegations

Law enforcement officials in Waller County, Texas, have concluded that the cause of Sandra Bland’s death in police custody was suicide. But Bland’s family and friends dispute claims she was suicidal, and say there is no evidence she previously tried to kill herself before her [...]

Sandra Bland’s Sister Responds to Suicide Allegations2016-11-29T17:37:07-05:00

Federal Contract Workers Are Demanding a Big Raise. But Will They Get It?

By Justin Miller | Originally Published at American Prospect. July 24, 2015 | Photographic Credit; Good Jobs NationThe Fight for $15 comes to Washington. Just outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, hundreds of workers wearing blue shirts that said "Strike!" rallied for more pay. Leaders led [...]

Federal Contract Workers Are Demanding a Big Raise. But Will They Get It?2016-11-29T17:37:07-05:00

Henry A. Giroux | The Racist Killing Fields in the US: The Death of Sandra Bland

By Henry A. Giroux | Originally Published at TruthOut July 19, 2015 00:00 | Illustration Credit; Sandra Bland. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout On July 9, soon after Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old African-American woman, moved to Texas from Naperville, Illinois, [...]

Henry A. Giroux | The Racist Killing Fields in the US: The Death of Sandra Bland2016-11-29T17:37:07-05:00

President Obama: You Forgot Women and Mass Incarceration

By Michele Goodwin | Originally Published at Huffington Post. July 17, 2015 11:17 am EDT Updated: July 17, 2015 11:59 am EDT | Photographic Credit; Daniel Acker/Bloomberg. Getty Images Female incarceration is invisible in the U.S., veiled in the broader realities of mass incarceration, hidden and often [...]

President Obama: You Forgot Women and Mass Incarceration2016-11-29T17:37:07-05:00

The Soapbox: In a Tone-Deaf Attempt to Explore White Privilege Chicago Artist Exploits Michael Brown’s Death

Location. Location. Location! What might an art exhibit and a much questioned dehumanization have to do with education or a tone-deaf discrimination? It is the location! The neighborhood in which the exhibit sits is one rarely frequented by gallery-goers. It is Bronzeville. Bronzeville is not the place [...]

The Soapbox: In a Tone-Deaf Attempt to Explore White Privilege Chicago Artist Exploits Michael Brown’s Death2016-11-29T17:37:07-05:00

White People, Why Are So Many of You So Fucking Fragile?

White people, why are so many of you so fucking fragile? I recently heard a term used to describe a behavior that at first perplexed me. I had to think about it for a second, and then it clicked home instantly. The behavior I’m referring to [...]

White People, Why Are So Many of You So Fucking Fragile?2016-11-29T17:37:07-05:00

South Carolina Took Down The Confederate Flag — Now What?

By Tiffanie Drayton | Originally Published at The Frisky. July 10, 2015 | Photographic Credit; An honor guard from the South Carolina Highway patrol removes the Confederate battle flag from the Capitol grounds in Columbia, South Carolina ( AP) The Confederate Flag has been removed from the [...]

South Carolina Took Down The Confederate Flag — Now What?2016-11-29T17:37:08-05:00

The Fall and Rise of the Confederate Battle Flag — From South Carolina to the Halls of Congress

History offers enduring lessons, one being that each and every day our past is forgotten. Some of this is accidental, or incremental. Before we can capture a moment it fades from consciousness. Rarely is it debated. And what is seen is often scrubbed clean. Much [...]

The Fall and Rise of the Confederate Battle Flag — From South Carolina to the Halls of Congress2016-11-29T17:37:10-05:00

The Removal of One Confederate Flag Does Not #TakeItDown

I sat and I listened, all day long with great interest, and empathy, for what was said. But I too would point out, that when we begin to talk about 'Grace' we really need to evaluate what that really means. Grace is not something that [...]

The Removal of One Confederate Flag Does Not #TakeItDown2016-11-29T17:37:10-05:00
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